Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP4617
Authors: Gil S. Epstein; Ira Gang
Abstract: The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others? choices or plans, particularly if the ?other people?, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles ?other people? play in influencing an individual?s potential migration decision. In analysing the influence of others on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects.
Keywords: Herd effects; Influence; Locational choice; Migration; Networks
JEL Codes: F22; J61
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Friends having worked abroad (F22) | Probability of planning to emigrate (F22) |
| Friends or family currently abroad (F22) | Probability of planning to emigrate (F22) |
| Friends and relatives planning to go abroad (F22) | Probability of planning to emigrate (F22) |
| Observed behaviors of peers (C92) | Decisions to migrate (F22) |