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

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
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:
MIGRATION
EXPECTATION
LIFE VALUE
WAGES
MORTALITY
RISK
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36068
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spelling okr-10986-360682021-08-07T05:10:27Z Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal Shrestha, Maheshwor MIGRATION EXPECTATION LIFE VALUE WAGES MORTALITY RISK 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 migrants without prior foreign migration experience, the information changes their expectations of earnings and mortality risks abroad, which further changes their actual migration decisions. Using the exogenous variation in expectations, it is estimated that the elasticity of migration with respect to mortality rate expectation is 0.8, and the elasticity of migration with respect to earnings expectation is 1.1. 2021-08-06T13:39:08Z 2021-08-06T13:39:08Z 2020-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36068 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article South Asia Nepal
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topic MIGRATION
EXPECTATION
LIFE VALUE
WAGES
MORTALITY
RISK
spellingShingle MIGRATION
EXPECTATION
LIFE VALUE
WAGES
MORTALITY
RISK
Shrestha, Maheshwor
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
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Nepal
description 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 migrants without prior foreign migration experience, the information changes their expectations of earnings and mortality risks abroad, which further changes their actual migration decisions. Using the exogenous variation in expectations, it is estimated that the elasticity of migration with respect to mortality rate expectation is 0.8, and the elasticity of migration with respect to earnings expectation is 1.1.
format Journal Article
author Shrestha, Maheshwor
author_facet Shrestha, Maheshwor
author_sort Shrestha, Maheshwor
title Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
title_short Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
title_full Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
title_fullStr Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Get Rich or Die Tryin’ : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rates, and Migration Decisions of Potential Work Migrants from Nepal
title_sort get rich or die tryin’ : perceived earnings, perceived mortality rates, and migration decisions of potential work migrants from nepal
publisher Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate 2021
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36068
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