The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

By Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang. Social Science Research Network, 2006

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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.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Asymmetric impact of renewable and non-renewable energy on economic growth in Pakistan: New evidence from a nonlinear analysis (2020, background): “Big hydro presently supplies about one-fourth of the electricity supply in the country (Epstein and Gang, 2006; WWEA, 2019).”
Out-migration, Wealth Constraints, and the Quality of Local Amenities (2014, background): “Our paper also relates to a small but growing body of literature on migration intentions, with some such studies investigating migration intentions for one country (e.g., Burda et al., 1998; Uebelmesser, 2006; van den Berg and Weynandt, 2012, for Germany; Epstein and Gang, 2006, for Hungary; Papapan”
Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies (2020, background): “Research on migrant networks tends to focus on how networks facilitate migration, influence destination-selection, and perpetuate migration flows (Epstein and Gang 2006; Epstein 2008; Haug 2008), but there is also evidence for “negative feedback mechanisms” (Faist 2004; De Haas 2010).”
Migrants’ Remittances and Financial Development: Macro‐ and Micro‐Level Evidence of a Perverse Relationship (2013, background): “A network variable seeks to capture chain migration effects observed in studies such as Bauer et al. (2002); Epstein and Gang (2006).”