Moving across Borders: Who is Willing to Migrate or to Commute?

Abstract

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Cross-border commuting and migration intentions: the roles of risk aversion and time preference

“…Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that certain respondents may have Huber and Nowotny (2013) showed that the empirical determinants of the willingness to migrate and to commute across the border are in line with outcomes predicted in the previous literature. Studying the determinants of mobility intentions therefore helps reveal the determinants of "real" migration and cross-border commuting decisions, and it can be expected that the factors that determine the individual's willingness to work abroad also affect her decision to work abroad.…”

“…In part, this may be due to individuals on maternal/paternal leave, of whom lower mobility intentions can be expected in the short run, or due to discouraged workers who are less willing to seek employment, both in their home countries and abroad. Finally, complementing the results of Huber and Nowotny (2013), a higher level of relative deprivation is associated with an increased propensity to migrate or commute across a border.…”

“…shown by Huber and Nowotny (2013), relatively deprived individuals show a higher willingness both to migrate and to commute. Summary statistics for the independent variables can be found in Table 1.…”

“…The selection of other explanatory variables follows, among others, Huber and Nowotny (2013), who ana- suggests that persons living in larger households will face higher migration costs than single households (Mincer, 1978). Furthermore, variables that measure whether respondents have family members or friends working abroad are included to proxy for potential network effects ("Network") because networks have been shown to affect mobility decisions by reducing mobility (and job search) costs significantly (e.g., Bartel, 1989;McKenzie & Rapoport, 2010;Pedersen, Pytlikova, & Smith, 2008).…”

The Impact of Relative Deprivation on Return Intentions Among Potential Migrants and Commuters

“…This paper therefore analyzes the impact of relative deprivation on the intended duration of stay of potential commuters and migrants. It thus also contributes to research analyzing the willingness to migrate across national borders (see Dalen and Henkens, 2008, for a survey) as well as to the literature on the role of relative deprivation on migration decisions (e.g., Yitzhaki, 1982;Stark and Taylor, 1991;Quinn, 2006) and the contributions analyzing the interaction of migration and commuting choices (e.g., Renkow and Hoover, 2000;Rouwendal and Meijer, 2001;Deding and Filges, 2010;Huber and Nowotny, 2013).…”