A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-127

  McKenzie, David ^a   Gibson, John ^b   Stillman, Steven ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Expectations; Migration; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MIGRATION; WAGE GAP;

EID: 84877618381     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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