Migrations, risks, and uncertainty: A field experiment in China
Marie Claire Villeval
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Résumé
Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk, ambiguity, and competitiveness. Our subjects include migrants and non-migrants. We find that, migrants exhibit no differences from non-migrants in risk and ambiguity preferences elicited using pairs of lotteries ; however, migrants are significantly more likely to enter competition in the presence of strategic uncertainty when they expect competitive entries from others. Our results suggest that migration may be driven more by a stronger belief in one's ability to succeed in an uncertain and competitive environment than by risk attitudes under state uncertainty.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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Migrations, risks, and uncertainty: A field experiment in China
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Résumé |
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Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk, ambiguity, and competitiveness. Our subjects include migrants and non-migrants. We find that, migrants exhibit no differences from non-migrants in risk and ambiguity preferences elicited using pairs of lotteries ; however, migrants are significantly more likely to enter competition in the presence of strategic uncertainty when they expect competitive entries from others. Our results suggest that migration may be driven more by a stronger belief in one's ability to succeed in an uncertain and competitive environment than by risk attitudes under state uncertainty.
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Auteur(s) |
Li Hao
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, Daniel Houser
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, Lei Mao
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, Marie Claire Villeval
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Walton College
( 255169 )
- Sam M. Walton College of Business Business Building 301 Fayetteville, AR 72701
- États-Unis
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George Mason University [Fairfax]
( 452410 )
- 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
- États-Unis
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GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne -
Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne
( 102550 )
- 93, chemin des Mouilles 69130 Écully
6, rue Basse des Rives 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02
- France
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Anglais
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Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2016
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Volume |
131, part A
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Page/Identifiant |
pp. 126-140
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Mots-clés |
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Migration, risk preferences, strategic uncertainty, ambiguity, field experiment
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