TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Frohnweiler, Sarah
AU  - Beber, Bernd
AU  - Ebert, Cara
        TI  - Information Frictions, Belief Updating and Internal Migration: Evidence from Ghana and Uganda
        PY  - 2022/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15826
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15826
        AB  - Information frictions about the benefits of migration can lead to inefficient migration choices. We study the effects of a randomly assigned information treatment about regional income differentials in Ghana and Uganda to learn about participants' belief updating and subsequent changes in migration intentions and destination preferences. Participants react to the provided information by correcting their destination preferences towards regions with higher incomes, whereas their intent to migrate changes less. Participants' belief updating follows an asymmetric process restricted to individuals who initially underestimated regional differentials. The results suggest that income differentials matter for where to and less whether to migrate. 
        KW  - migration decision
KW  - income differentials
KW  - belief updating
        ER  -