International labor migration, asymmetric information and occupational choice
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Keywords
Asymmetric Information; Labor migration; Self-employment; Risk premium; Income variability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
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