Arbeitspapier
Inequality and migration: A behavioral link
We provide an analytical-behavioral explanation for the observed positive relationship between income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, and the incentive to migrate. We show that a higher total relative deprivation of a population leads to a stronger incentive to engage in migration for a given level of a population's income; that total relative deprivation is positively related to the Gini coefficient; and that, consequently, the Gini coefficient and migration are positively correlated, holding the population's income constant.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CMR Working Papers ; No. 1/59
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Income inequality
Relative deprivation
The Gini coefficient
The incentive to migrate
Einkommensverteilung
Gini-Koeffizient
Migrationsforschung
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Stark, Oded
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR)
- (where)
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Warsaw
- (when)
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2005
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Stark, Oded
- University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR)
Time of origin
- 2005
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