Information frictions, belief updating and internal migration: Evidence from Ghana and Uganda
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Keywords
Income differentials; migration decision; belief updating;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2023-03-06 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2023-03-06 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2023-03-06 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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