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Fears and Tears: Should More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops This Movement?

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dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-26T12:48:30Z
dc.date.available2022-07-26T12:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.description.abstractOnly one in seven of the world’s population has ever migrated, despite the enormous gains in income possible through international and internal movement. This paper examines the evidence for different explanations given in the economics literature for this lack of movement and their implications for policy. Incorrect information about the gains to migrating, liquidity constraints that prevent poor people paying the costs of moving, and high costs of movement arising from both physical transportation costs and policy barriers all inhibit movement and offer scope for policy efforts to inform, provide credit, and lower moving costs. However, the economics literature has paid less attention to the fears people have when faced with the uncertainty of moving to a new place, and to the reasons behind the tears they shed when moving. While these tears reveal the attachment people have to particular places, this attachment is not fixed, but itself changes with migration experiences. Psychological factors such as a bias toward the status quo and the inability to picture what one is giving up by not migrating can result in people not moving, even when they would benefit from movement and are not constrained by finances or policy barriers from doing so. This suggests new avenues for policy interventions that can help individuals better visualize the opportunity costs of not moving, alleviate their uncertainties, and help shift their default behavior from not migrating.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099424207252223879/IDU05c47432a0e34c04a9e0a0a600eb85c133d63
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10128
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37759
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10128
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBENEFITS OF URBANIZATION
dc.subjectATTACHMENT TO HOME
dc.subjectCONSTRAINTS THAT LIMIT MOVEMENT
dc.subjectWEALTH AND WELLBEING
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY OF RELOCATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNAL RELOCATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMICS OF MIGRATION
dc.titleFears and Tearsen
dc.title.subtitleShould More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops This Movement?en
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okr.date.disclosure2022-07-25
okr.date.lastmodified2022-07-25T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099424207252223879/IDU05c47432a0e34c04a9e0a0a600eb85c133d63
okr.guid099424207252223879
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10128
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33872722
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33872722
okr.identifier.reportWPS10128
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okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Mental Health
okr.unitDECRG: Finance & Priv Sec Devt (DECFP)
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