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

Abstract

We empirically analyze the impact of relative deprivation on the intended duration of stay of potential cross-border commuters and migrants. A theoretical model lends support to the hypothesis that deprivation affects the intended duration of stay of migrants in a U-shaped fashion, but does not affect potential commuters. Empirical evidence from one of the most densely populated border regions of the EU confirms both these hypotheses. These results are robust over different estimation methods and apply both when measuring deprivation relative to friends and acquaintances as well as relative to the population residing in a region.

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Does Educational Mismatch Affect Emigration Behaviour?

“…The literature purports that returning home is a viable option for two opposite types of migrants: those who have achieved their migration goals, for instance, in terms of accumulated experience and earnings potential in a foreign labour market (Borjas and Bratsberg 1996), and those who failed to integrate in the labour market (Borjas and Bratsberg 1996) for example because they are unemployed (Pecoraro 2012), earn lower wages compared to their reference group (Stark and Taylor 1991;Huber and Nowotny, 2016), or face tougher than expected conditions in the host country (Constant and Massey 2002;Caron and Ichou 2020).…”

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