Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272453 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15826
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Information frictions about the benefits of migration can lead to inefficient migration choices. We study the effects of a randomly assigned information treatment about regional income differentials in Ghana and Uganda to learn about participants' belief updating and subsequent changes in migration intentions and destination preferences. Participants react to the provided information by correcting their destination preferences towards regions with higher incomes, whereas their intent to migrate changes less. Participants' belief updating follows an asymmetric process restricted to individuals who initially underestimated regional differentials. The results suggest that income differentials matter for where to and less whether to migrate.
Subjects: 
income differentials
migration decision
belief updating
JEL: 
J31
J68
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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