The pure effect of social preferences on regional location choices: The evolving dynamics of convergence to a steady state population distribution

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski and Grzegorz Kosiorowski

No 287497, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Abstract: This paper tracks the consequences of individuals’ desire to align their location with their social preferences. The social preference studied in the paper is distaste for relative deprivation, measured in a cardinal manner. Location is conceived as social space, with individuals choosing to relocate if, as a result, their relative deprivation will be reduced, holding their incomes constant. Conditions are provided under which the associated dynamics reaches a spatial steady state, the number of periods it takes to reach a steady state is specified, and light is shed on the robustness of the steady state outcome. By way of simulation it is shown that for large populations, a steady state of the relocation dynamics is almost always reached, typically in one period, and that cycles are more likely to occur when the populations’ income distributions are more equal.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55
Date: 2019-04-15
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Journal Article: The pure effect of social preferences on regional location choices: The evolving dynamics of convergence to a steady state population distribution (2019)
Working Paper: The Pure Effect of Social Preferences on Regional Location Choices: The Evolving Dynamics of Convergence to a Steady State Population Distribution (2019)
Working Paper: The pure effect of social preferences on regional location choices: The evolving dynamics of convergence to a steady state population distribution (2019)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.287497

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