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Towards a theory of self-segregation as a response to relative deprivation : steady-state outcomes and social welfare
Stark, Oded; Wang, You-qiang - In: Economics and happiness : framing the analysis, (pp. 222-242). 2005
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An evolutionary edge of knowing less : (or: on the "Curse" of global information)
Stark, Oded; Behrens, Doris - 2009
Consider a population of farmers who live around a lake. Each farmer engages in trade with his two adjacent neighbors. The trade is governed by a prisoner's dilemma "rule of engagement". A farmer's payoff is the sum of the payoffs from the two prisoner's dilemma games played with his two...
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A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931182
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An evolutionary edge of knowing less (or: on the "curse" of global information)
Stark, Oded; Behrens, Doris - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 20 (2010) 1, pp. 77-94
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A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2009
Drawing on the literature of occupational status and social distance, a theory is developed of labor migration that is … Theorie zur Migration von Arbeitskraft, die den Wunsch des Einzelnen mit einbezieht, eine Abwertung des sozialen Status zu …. Letztendlich wird eine Wohlfahrtsanalyse durchgeführt, die das Niveau des Wohlergehens in einer offenen Volkswirtschaft mit dem in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944851
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Why would some migrants choose to engage in degrading work?
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2011
This paper develops a model of voluntary migration into degrading work. The essence of the model is a tension between two "bads" that which arises from being relatively deprived at home, and that which arises from engaging in humiliating work away from home. Balancing between these two "bads"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007635
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Employer sanctions, and the welfare of native workers
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2012
We investigate the impact of the imposition of sanctions for employing illegal migrants on the welfare of native workers. Our analysis is based on the premise that in response to such sanctions, managers in a firm may be reassigned from supervision of production to verification of the legality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009547497
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A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma
Fan, Chengze Simon; Stark, Oded - In: International economic review 52 (2011) 2, pp. 549-571
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Migration for degrading work as an escape from humiliation
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 77 (2011) 3, pp. 241-247
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A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2010
A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid "social humiliation". In a general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733804