Showing off to the new neighbors? Income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of internal migrants

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara; Gatskova, Ksenia; Schmillen, Achim

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2013.05.002

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“…In the literature on migrant household consumption, Acharya and Leon-Gonzalez (2015) find that consumption by migrant households in Nepal gradually increases and converges to the level of local residents. Danzer et al (2014) discover that recent migrant workers may resort to conspicuous consumption in an effort to gain higher socioeconomic status despite having similar income levels.…”

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Why do migrant households consume so little?

Chen

2018

China Economic Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Asian Development Bank InstituteThe Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change. ADBI's working papers reflect initial ideas on a topic and are posted online for discussion. ADBI encourages readers to post their comments on the main page for each working paper (given in the citation below). Some working papers may develop into other forms of publication.ADB recognizes "China" as the People's Republic of China. The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ADBI, ADB, its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.Working papers are subject to formal revision and correction before they are finalized and considered published.Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Building, 8th Floor 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6008, JapanTel:+81-3-3593-5500 Fax:+81-3-3593-5571 URL:www.adbi.org E-mail: info@adbi.org AbstractExploring data from the urban and migrant household surveys of the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper dissects the underlying causes of the depressing effect of the hukou system on migrant household consumption into two channels. On one hand, the disentitlement to local urban hukou promotes temporary migration and incentivizes migrant households to save their transitory income. On the other hand, it creates financial insecurity through barriers to employment, social welfare, and medical insurance, etc., thereby encouraging precautionary saving. Factors reflecting these considerations, such as medical and pension insurance, the duration of migration, and local homeownership, are specifically modeled, and are found to contribute to the discrepancies in consumption between migrant and local urban households, among other factors. In addition, the marginal propensity to consume exhibits heterogeneity across households; it is higher with a longer duration of migration, local homeownership, and self-employment. The lack of these attributes further reinforces the reluctance of migrant households to consume.

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Why do migrant households consume so little?

Chen

2018

China Economic Review

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“…Karabchuk and Salnikova (Karabchuk, Salnikova, 2016) also found that in the countries of Central Asia the level of subjective satisfaction with the financial situation is higher than in Russia but the level of objective wellbeing is lower. This can be explained by the fact that self-evaluation is formed in comparison with the position of the reference group (Danzer et al, 2014). Inequality in Russia is higher and the population compares their financial situation with high-income groups.…”

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Subjective Poverty and Material Deprivation in Three Post-Soviet Countries

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2020

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities &Amp; Social Sciences

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This article provides an overview of different aspects of poverty in three Post-Soviet countries: Russia, Armenia and Georgia. It looks into the material situation of households and subjective and deprivation poverty. Source data are the findings of three population surveys, conducted in the considered countries in 2017. The analysis shows a significant level of material deprivation among the population in the studied countries. The most vulnerable categories are rural population, 65+, and families with three or more children. Households in Armenia and Georgia are more dependent on farming and financial aid from their relatives than Russian households. Although the level of material deprivation in Russia is significantly lower compared with Armenia and Georgia, the level of relative subjective poverty in Russia is notably higher. It is likely due to higher inequality, which may point at risks of social instability. This indicates the need for new government policies in Russia that would focus on social development and reduction of inequality and social exclusion

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“…We know from social comparison theory that people compare themselves with others who are similar to them in terms of performance (Festinger, 1954) or related attributes (Bartolini, Bilancini and Sarracino, 2013;Clark and Senik, 2010;Danzer et al, 2014;Garcia, Tor and Schiff, 2013;Goodman, 1974;Kulik and Ambrose, 1992). While the above literature has operationalized similarity in several ways, as we will review next, it has yet to probe for patterns of pay comparison as a function of occupational prestige similarity.…”

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Pay Referents and Satisfaction with Pay: Does Occupational Proximity Matter?

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Garcia

Gregoriou

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British J of Management

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We explore whether employees compare their pay to the pay of others in a similarly prestigious occupation and, if so, whether this comparison has a negative impact on pay satisfaction. Using an experimental vignette methodology, Study 1 found that people are more inclined to compare with others from a similar or identical occupation and that comparison negatively impacts pay satisfaction. This comparison and its negative effect is particularly strong in high-prestige occupations. Based on survey data, Study 2 also showed that the average pay of others in occupations of similar prestige is negatively correlated with employees' pay satisfaction. This negative correlation was also stronger in higherprestige occupations. Our analysis highlights the importance of occupational prestige as a main factor influencing pay comparison.

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Showing off to the new neighbors? Income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of internal migrants

Cited by 25 publications

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Why do migrant households consume so little?

Why do migrant households consume so little?

Subjective Poverty and Material Deprivation in Three Post-Soviet Countries

Pay Referents and Satisfaction with Pay: Does Occupational Proximity Matter?

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