Intergenerational altruism in the migration decision calculus: evidence from the African American Great Migration
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Keywords
Altruism; Intergenerational altruism; Migration; Immigration; Great migration; Dynamic discrete choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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