Tales of Migration without Wage Differentials: Individual, Family, and Community Contexts

Oded Stark

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2003, issue 2, 79-92

Abstract: By means of examples that pertain to individual, family, and community contexts, it is shown that migration between locations is compatible with a zero expected net earnings differential between locations. The examples give rise to testable predictions that differ sharply from the predictions that emanate from a standard postulate of earnings differential.

Keywords: Individual context; Family context; Community context; A zero expected net earnings differential between regions; Testable predictions; Limitations of conventional policies; New policy instruments; Preference formation; Migration preferences; Marriage and migration; Relative deprivation; Individual and community decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D13 D14 D15 J12 J26 J31 J61 O10 O15 R23 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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