Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of non-migrants when preferences are social
Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of non-migrants when preferences are social
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04.2019Publisher
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of BonnPublisher Location
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Abstract
We study how the work effort and output of non-migrants in a village economy are affected when a member of the village population migrates. Given that individuals dislike low relative income, and that migration modifies the social space of the non-migrants, we show why and how the non-migrants adjust their work effort and output in response to the migration-generated change in their social space. When migration is negatively selective such that the least productive individual departs, the output of the non-migrants increases. While as a consequence of this migration statically calculated average productivity rises, we identify a dynamic repercussion that compounds the static one.
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Social preferences, Distaste for low relative income, Work effort, Per capita output, Migration
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300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie 320 Politik 330 WirtschaftFirst Publication
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ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 275Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor: Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of non-migrants when preferences are social. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 2019. In: ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 275.
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author = {{Oded Stark} and {Wiktor Budzinski}},
title = {Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of non-migrants when preferences are social},
publisher = {Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn},
year = 2019,
month = apr,
series = {ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy},
volume = 275,
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