No going back: COVID-19 disease threat perception and male migrants' willingness to return to work in India.
J Econ Behav Organ
; 209: 533-546, 2023 May.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2291514
ABSTRACT
This paper explores the causal link between the likelihood of re-migration to cities and the perceived threat of contracting COVID-19 using novel data on male reverse migrant workers in India. We find that reverse-migrants who believe there is a significant chance of contracting COVID-19 display a significantly lower likelihood of returning to their urban workplaces, regardless of their duration of migration. On the other hand, longer-duration migrants display a lower perceived chance of contracting COVID-19 than shorter-duration migrants. We also contribute to the migration literature by linking behavioural attributes to the decision to migrate. We find that more impatient individuals display a heightened belief regarding contracting COVID-19 and a higher projected likelihood of returning to work. Finally, we find that while both loss and risk-averse individuals have a lower projected likelihood of returning to urban workplaces, only loss-averse individuals perceive that their chance of contracting COVID-19 is lower.
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Prognostic study
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J Econ Behav Organ
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2023
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Article
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J.jebo.2023.03.017
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