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Volume 37, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 206-222

Discontinuity and the Theory of International Migration (Article)

Stark O.*
  • a Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Ireland

Abstract

In this exploratory paper, the notion of (strong) discontinuity is introduced into the theory of international labour migration. It is suggested that inter‐country wage differentials alone may fail to induce international migration at the level of the decision making entity. However, three factors ‐ risk aversion, relative deprivation and asymmetric information ‐ in conjunction with these wage differentials, may account for international migration. Copyright © 1984, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1984.tb00749.x
ISSN: 00235962
Cited by: 20
Original Language: English