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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Main Authors:	McKenzie, David, Gibson, John, Stillman, Steven
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
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

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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

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

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