A THEORY OF MIGRATION AS A RESPONSE TO OCCUPATIONAL STIGMA*
研究人们为逃避社会羞辱而迁移的动机，证明即使在两个相同的经济体中，只要迁移能充分减少羞辱，迁移就会发生，并分析其对福利和劳动力市场的影响。
A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid “social humiliation.” In a general‐equilibrium framework, it is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation sufficiently, migration will occur even between two identical economies. Migration increases the number of individuals who choose to perform degrading jobs and consequently, migration lowers the price of the good produced in the sector that is associated with low social status. Moreover, the greater an individual's aversion to performing degrading jobs, the more likely it is that he will experience a welfare gain when the economy opens up.