Get Rich or Die Tryin' : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rate and the Value of a Statistical Life of Potential Work-Migrants from Nepal

Get Rich or Die Tryin' : Perceived Earnings, Perceived Mortality Rate and the Value of a Statistical Life of Potential Work-Migrants from Nepal

Do potential migrants have accurate information about the risks and returns of migrating abroad? And, given the information they have, what is their revealed willingness to trade risks for higher earnings? To answer these questions, this paper sets...

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Main Author: Shrestha, Maheshwor
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
migration
expectations
life value
wages
mortality
risk
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/112411485188909692/Get-rich-or-die-tryin-perceived-earnings-perceived-mortality-rate-and-the-value-of-a-statistical-life-of-potential-work-migrants-from-Nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25954

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/112411485188909692/Get-rich-or-die-tryin-perceived-earnings-perceived-mortality-rate-and-the-value-of-a-statistical-life-of-potential-work-migrants-from-Nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25954

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