A preference for migration

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At least to some extent migration behavior is the outcome of a preference for migration. The pattern of migration as an outcome of a preference for migration depends on two key factors: imitation technology and migration feasibility. We show that these factors jointly determine the outcome of a preference for migration and we provide examples that illustrate how the prevalence and transmission of a migration-forming preference yield distinct migration patterns. In particular, the imitation of a migrationfavoring preference yields migration scenarios that would not have taken place absent the imitation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CMR Working Papers ; No. 16/74

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; International Migration ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
• Subject: Migration-favoring preferences ; Imitation and transmission of a preference for migration ; Economic behavior ; Präferenztheorie ; Migrationsforschung ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stark, Oded
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR)
• (where): Warsaw
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/140800
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET