A Note on Modelling Labour Migration in LDCs

Oded Stark

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 1984, vol. 20, issue 4, 318-322

Abstract: Taking the family as the rural-to-urban migration decision-making unit, will the “expected-income migration model” accurately predict the level of migration? Consideration of two variables - desire for leisure, and a version to risk - serves to show that the expected-income model yields a systematic downward bias in the predicted level of rural-to-urban migration. Likely policy implications emanating from the incorporation of these variables in the migration decision are indicated.

Keywords: Developing countries; Rural-to-urban migration; The family as a decision-making unit; Desire for leisure; Risk aversion; Policy implications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D19 D81 J20 J43 O12 O15 O21 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388408421920

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