Social Contagion and Migration: Sources and Implications of Migrant Ambivalence

Palgrave handbook of global migration in international business. By AudraMockaitis (Ed.), London: Springer. 2023. ISBN: 978‐3‐031‐38886‐6

“…Both of us were delighted with Barnard & Nash's (2023) chapter that upends conventional wisdom about emigration decisions as predominantly rational, based on economic opportunities. Instead, they propose and test a social contagion model that shows emigration patterns are driven by the viral spread of encouraging or discouraging rumors.…”

“…Re-imagining migration from a rational decision to a "contagious" virus that spreads through rumors, in areas with high levels of out-flows (Barnard & Nash, 2023).…”