Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140785 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CMR Working Papers No. 1/59
Publisher: 
University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR), Warsaw
Abstract: 
We provide an analytical-behavioral explanation for the observed positive relationship between income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, and the incentive to migrate. We show that a higher total relative deprivation of a population leads to a stronger incentive to engage in migration for a given level of a population's income; that total relative deprivation is positively related to the Gini coefficient; and that, consequently, the Gini coefficient and migration are positively correlated, holding the population's income constant.
Subjects: 
Income inequality
Relative deprivation
The Gini coefficient
The incentive to migrate
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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