From Conflict to Compromise : Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar (English)

This paper examines the relationship between violent conflict and the willingness of potential migrants to accept lower skilled work (occupational downgrading). The paper develops a theoretical model of migration decisions and tests it using an innovative survey module administered to high-skilled youth in Myanmar. Consistent with the predictions of the model, the findings show that insecurity induced by conflict reduces the additional wage premium...
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  • Yashodhan Ghorpade;
    Muhammad Saad Imtiaz;

  • 2025/02/25

  • Policy Research Working Paper

  • WPS11075

  • 1

  • Myanmar,

  • East Asia and Pacific,

  • 2025/02/25

  • Disclosed

  • From Conflict to Compromise : Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar

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Yashodhan Ghorpade; Muhammad Saad Imtiaz.

From Conflict to Compromise : Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar (English). Policy Research Working Paper;People Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099818002252520474

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