Showing off to the new neighbors? : income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of internal migrants
Alexander M. Danzer; Barbara Dietz; Ksenia Gatskova; Achim Schmillen
This paper analyses incomes and socioeconomic status of internal migrants over time and in comparison to their new neighbors and investigates whether status consumption is a way for newly arrived city dwellers to signal their social standing. Using a novel dataset from the emerging economy of Kazakhstan we find that internal migrants earn an income and status premium for their move. In a comparison to indigenous city dwellers their earnings and household incomes are not significantly different; however, mobile households report a significantly higher subjective socio-economic status. Exploiting expenditure data, we find that recent migrant households gain status from using visible consumption to impress their new neighbors. This signaling might be used as adaptation to the new economic and social environment or to gain access to social capital. -- absolute and relative welfare ; income ; status consumption ; signaling model ; conspicuous consumption ; adaptation ; internal migration ; emerging economy ; rural-urban migration
Year of publication: |
2013
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Authors: | Danzer, Alexander M. ; Dietz, Barbara ; Gatskova, Ksenia ; Schmillen, Achim |
Publisher: |
Bonn : IZA |
Subject: | Einkommen | Income | Nachfrageinterdependenz | Interdependent preferences | Privater Konsum | Private consumption | Konsumentenverhalten | Consumer behaviour | Signalling | Binnenwanderung | Internal migration | Sozialer Status | Social status | USA | United States | Theorie | Theory |
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freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 7370 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/80711 [Handle] |
Classification: | P36 - Consumer Economics; Health, Education, Welfare, and Poverty ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740076