The authors examine the importance of absolute income and relative deprivation incentives for internal and international migration in developing country households. Empirical results, based on Mexican village data, support the hypothesis that households' relative deprivation in the village reference group is significant in explaining migration by household members to destinations where a reference group substitution is unlikely and the returns to...
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1991/04/30
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS656
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2010/07/01
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Relative deprivation and migration : theory, evidence, and policy implications
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absolute income
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