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Title: The Impact of Information on Migration Outcomes

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: This paper presents a model of migration in which migration decisions are made with incompleteinformation on the labor market conditions at destination. It provides an explanationfor how differences in the level of information about the destination can bring about differencesin economic outcomes related to migration, such as the migration propensity and the return tomigration. The implications of the model show the conditions under which information positivelyand negatively affects these outcomes. Thus, the model can be used to explain a wide setof empirical ndings regarding the relationship between information and migration outcomes.2005 CPS data are used to estimate the econometric model. The estimation results suggest thatincreased access to information regarding destination labor markets increases ones likelihoodto migrate to another state. Furthermore, the ndings suggest that people who have more informationregarding the destination at the time of their migration decision on average experiencehigher returns to migration.

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Authors: Demiralp, Berna

Publisher: Old Dominion University

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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