Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 77 (2011) 3, pp. 241-247
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"...