Information frictions, belief updating and internal migration: Evidence from Ghana and Uganda

IF 5.1 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103311
Sarah Frohnweiler , Bernd Beber , Cara Ebert
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Abstract

Information frictions about benefits of migration can lead to inefficient migration choices. We study the effects of randomly assigned information treatments concerning regional income differentials in Ghana and Uganda to explore participants’ belief updating and changes in internal migration intentions, destination preferences, and actual migration. Treated participants prefer higher income destinations, while effects on intent plausibly follow subjects’ initial under- or overestimation of potential gains, with asymmetric updating propensities. Effects persist for 18 months, and discussions with others about migrating increase, but actual migration does not. Knowledge about income affects intentions and destination choices, but barriers to actual relocation are complex.

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信息摩擦、信念更新和国内移民:来自加纳和乌干达的证据
有关移民益处的信息摩擦会导致低效的移民选择。我们研究了随机分配的有关加纳和乌干达地区收入差异的信息处理效果,以探讨参与者的信念更新以及国内移民意向、目的地偏好和实际移民的变化。接受信息处理的参与者偏好收入较高的目的地,而对意向的影响则可能是受试者最初对潜在收益的低估或高估,且更新倾向不对称。这种影响会持续 18 个月,与他人讨论移民的次数会增加,但实际移民次数不会增加。对收入的了解会影响迁移意向和目的地选择,但实际迁移的障碍是复杂的。
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126
审稿时长
72 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Development Economics publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development - from immediate policy concerns to structural problems of underdevelopment. The emphasis is on quantitative or analytical work, which is relevant as well as intellectually stimulating.
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