Chen, Kong-pin; Chiang, Shin-hwan; Leung, Siu Fai - 2002
This paper proposes a formal model of migration in which workers are heterogeneous and markets are stochastically … correlated. We derive and characterize the optimal migration pattern of the family. It is shown to depend on the differences in … expected incomes, costs of migration, income risks, and more importantly market correlation. We show that migration can take …