On the precarious link between the Gini coefficient and the incentive to migrate

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dc.contributor.author Stark, Oded
dc.contributor.author Byra, Lukasz
dc.contributor.author Kosiorowski, Grzegorz
dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-22T08:40:41Z
dc.date.available 2020-01-22T08:40:41Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01-22
dc.identifier.other 1688012079 de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/97270
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-972701 de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-38653
dc.description.abstract We offer an explanation for the inconclusive results of empirical studies into the relationship between the magnitude of the Gini coefficient of income distribution at origin and the intensity of migration. Bearing in mind the substantial literature that identifies relative deprivation as an important determinant of migration behavior, we study the relationship between aggregate or total relative deprivation, TRD, the Gini coefficient, G, and migration. We show that for a given change of incomes, TRD and G can behave differently. We present examples where, in the case of universal increases in incomes, TRD increases while G does not change; G decreases while TRD does not change; and G decreases while TRD increases. We generalize these examples into formal criteria, providing sufficient conditions on the initial and final income vectors under which incongruence between the directions of changes of G and of TRD occur. Our analysis leads us to infer that when the incentive to migrate increases with TRD, then this response can co-exist with no change of G or with a decrease of G. en
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Universität Tübingen de_DE
dc.rights ubt-podno de_DE
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dc.rights.uri http://tobias-lib.uni-tuebingen.de/doku/lic_ohne_pod.php?la=en en
dc.subject.classification Gini-Koeffizient , Migration de_DE
dc.subject.ddc 330 de_DE
dc.subject.other The Gini coefficient en
dc.subject.other Total relative deprivation en
dc.subject.other The incentive to migrate en
dc.subject.other Incongruence between measures of inequality en
dc.title On the precarious link between the Gini coefficient and the incentive to migrate en
dc.type Article de_DE
utue.publikation.fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät de_DE
utue.opus.portal utwpbusinesseco de_DE
utue.publikation.source University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics ; No. 127 de-DE

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