Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal

This article reports on a randomized field experiment in which potential work migrants from Nepal to Malaysia and the Persian Gulf countries are provided with information on wages and mortality incidences at their intended destinations. It is found that, particularly for the group of potential migra...

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Main Author: Shrestha, Maheshwor
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36068