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Barriers and Foresight in International Labor-Migration

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  • P Schaeffer

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL 61801, USA)

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In the presence of barriers to mobility, migration behavior depends importantly on a worker's planning horizon. Although a myopic worker will accept the job offer promising the greatest immediate utility, a worker with foresight also values the opportunities that a job offers, to gain access to more highly valued alternatives. A model of labor migration based on these ideas, shows the importance of institutional arrangements and lends itself to the discussion of policy measures to influence labor migration.

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  • P Schaeffer, 1984. "Barriers and Foresight in International Labor-Migration," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 16(4), pages 451-466, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:16:y:1984:i:4:p:451-466
    DOI: 10.1068/a160451
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