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Incomplete Information and Migration: the Grass is Greener Across the Higher Fence

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  • Jeremiah M. Allen
  • B. Curtis Eaton

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. Less information about a location has long been believed to be a barrier to new migration to that location. Diverse empirical results support this belief. Here we show that if agents are risk‐neutral, less information about a location not only is not a barrier to migration to that location, it is actually an attractor. Only if agents are Bayesian and risk‐averse is less information a barrier.

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  • Jeremiah M. Allen & B. Curtis Eaton, 2005. "Incomplete Information and Migration: the Grass is Greener Across the Higher Fence," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(1), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jregsc:v:45:y:2005:i:1:p:1-19
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00362.x
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    1. Demiralp, Berna, 2009. "The Impact of Information on Migration Outcomes," MPRA Paper 16121, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Obi, Chinedu, 2020. "Safe Migration Awareness Campaign In Rural Communities Of Nigeria, The Procedure And Impacts," SocArXiv v3kn2, Center for Open Science.
    3. Ludo Peeters, 2011. "Controlling For Heterogeneity And Asymmetry In Cross-Section Gravity Models Of Aggregate Migration: Evidence From Mexico," ERSA conference papers ersa10p329, European Regional Science Association.
    4. Anita Alves Pena, 2014. "Undocumented Immigrants And The Welfare State: The Case Of Regional Migration And U.S. Agricultural Labor," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(1), pages 96-113, January.

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