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A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold : Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?

Millions of people emigrate every year in search of better economic and social opportunities. Anecdotal evidence suggests that emigrants may have over-optimistic expectations about the incomes they can earn abroad, resulting in excessive migration...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McKenzie, David, Gibson, John, Stillman, Steven
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CHILD MORTALITY
CITIZEN
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DESTINATION COUNTRY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIASPORA
DISTRIBUTION OF WAGES
EARNING
EARNINGS
EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION
EARNINGS OF IMMIGRANTS
ECONOMIC MIGRANTS
EMIGRATION
EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITIES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EXPECTED WAGE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY REUNIFICATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION QUOTA
INCOMES
JOB OFFER
JOB OFFERS
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
LOTTERY
LOW EMPLOYMENT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT NETWORKS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION PROCESS
MOTHER
NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
SEX
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SPOUSE
TELEVISION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
WAGE DISTRIBUTION
WAGE GROWTH
WAGES
WEALTH
WORKERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7405775/land-milk-honey-streets-paved-gold-emigrants-over-optimistic-expectations-incomes-abroad
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7161

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7405775/land-milk-honey-streets-paved-gold-emigrants-over-optimistic-expectations-incomes-abroad
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7161

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