@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15908, author={Stark, Oded}, title={Risk-laden Migration as a Response to Relative Deprivation: A Hypothesis}, year={2023}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={15908}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15908}, abstract={Received migration research has it that higher relative deprivation strengthens the incentive for people to migrate, and that migration is often a risky enterprise. Relative deprivation has been seen as a push factor in migration, and the level of risk involved in migration has been understood to reduce its attraction. Here we show a positive relationship between the level of relative deprivation experienced at origin and willingness to undertake risk-laden migration: we show that higher relative deprivation is matched by riskier acceptable migration options. In expanding the range of acceptable risk-laden migration options, relative deprivation experienced at origin acts also as a pull factor for migration.}, keywords={risk-laden migration;relative deprivation;social preferences}, }