Relative deprivation and migration preferences

Walter Hyll and Lutz Schneider

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 2, 334-337

Abstract: In this letter, we overcome the existing shortages with respect to the assignment of individuals to reference groups and are the first to show that individual aversion to relative deprivation plays a decisive role in shaping migration preferences.

Keywords: Relative deprivation; Migration preferences; Heterogeneous individuals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 D31 D63 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.12.023

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