September 16, 2013
Publications emanating from ZEF Discussion Papers on Development
Policy, authored or co-authored by Oded Stark
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 11 “Externalities, Human Capital Formation, and Corrective
Migration Policy”
O. Stark and Y. Wang, 2002. Inducing Human Capital Formation: Migration as a Substitute for
Subsidies. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 86: 29-46.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 25 “A Theory of Migration as a Response to Relative
Deprivation”
O. Stark and Y.Q. Wang, 2000. A Theory of Migration as a Response to Relative Deprivation.
The German Economic Review, Vol. 1: 131-143.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 34 “On a Variation in the Economic Performance of Migrants
by their Home Country’s Wage”
O. Stark, 2002. On a Variation in the Economic Performance of Migrants by their Home
Country’s Wage. Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 7: 115-121.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 43 “Dynasties and Destiny: On the Roles of Altruism and
Impatience in the Evolution of Consumption and Bequests”
I. Falk and O. Stark, 2001. Dynasties and Destiny: The Roles of Altruism and Impatience in the
Evolution of Consumption and Bequests. Economica, Vol. 68: 505-518.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 50 “Overlapping”
O. Stark and Y. Wang, 2005. The Intergenerational Overlap and Human Capital Formation.
Review of International Economics, Vol. 13: 45-58.
Reprinted as Part 2 of
O. Stark and Y. Wang, 2005. Altruism: Evolution and a Repercussion, in Bina Agarwal and
Alessandro Vercelli (eds.), Psychology, Rationality and Economic Behavior: Challenging
Standard Assumptions, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 59 “Cooperation and Wealth”
O. Stark, 2004. Cooperation and Wealth. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol.
53: 109-115.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 71 “Rethinking the Brain Drain”
O. Stark, 2004. Rethinking the Brain Drain. World Development, Vol. 32: 15-22.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 73 “Tales of Migration without Wage Differentials: Individual,
Family, and Community Contexts”
O. Stark, 2003. Tales of Migration without Wage Differentials: Individual, Family, and Community
Contexts. Institutions and Economic Development, Vol. 1: 79-92.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 84 “On the Economics of Refugee Flows”
O. Stark, 2004. On the Economics of Refugee Flows. Review of Development Economics, Vol.
8: 325-329.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 89 “On the Demand for Grandchildren: Tied Transfers and the
Demonstration Effect”
D. Cox and O. Stark, 2005. On the Demand for Grandchildren: Tied Transfers and the
Demonstration Effect. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 89: 1665-1697.
Reprinted as
D. Cox and O. Stark, 2007. On the Demand for Grandchildren: Tied Transfers and the
Demonstration Effect, in Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta (eds.), Handbook on the Economics
of Happiness, Cheltenham: Elgar.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 94 “Towards a Theory of Self-Segregation as a Response to
Relative Deprivation: Steady-State Outcomes and Social Welfare”
O. Stark and Y.Q. Wang, 2007. Towards a Theory of Self-Segregation as a Response to
Relative Deprivation: Steady-State Outcomes and Social Welfare, in Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi
Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 95 “Status Aspirations, Wealth Inequality, and Economic
Growth”
O. Stark, 2006. Status Aspirations, Wealth Inequality, and Economic Growth. Review of
Development Economics, Vol. 10: 171-176.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 99 “A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the
New Economics of the Brain Drain”
S. Boucher, O. Stark and J.E. Taylor, 2008. A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico
on the New Economics of the Brain Drain, in János Kornai, László Mátyás, and Gérard Roland
(eds.), Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 109 “Work Effort, Moderation in Expulsion, and Illegal
Migration”
O. Stark, 2007. Work Effort, Moderation in Expulsion, and Illegal Migration. Review of
Development Economics, Vol. 11: 585-590.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 110 “International Migration and “Educated Unemployment””
C.S. Fan and O. Stark, 2007. International Migration and “Educated Unemployment.” Journal of
Development Economics, Vol. 83: 76-87.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 111 “A Reluctance to Assimilate”
C.S. Fan and O. Stark, 2007. A Social Proximity Explanation of the Reluctance to Assimilate.
Kyklos, Vol. 60: 55-63.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 113 “The Analytics of Seasonal Migration”
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2007. On the Analytics of Seasonal Migration. Economics Letters, Vol.
94: 304-312.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 114 “The Brain Drain, “Educated Unemployment,” Human
Capital Formation, and Economic Betterment”
C.S. Fan and O. Stark, 2007. The Brain Drain, "Educated Unemployment," Human Capital
Formation, and Economic Betterment. Economics of Transition, Vol. 15: 629-660.
Reprinted as
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2008. The Brain Drain, Educated Unemployment, Human Capital
Formation, and Economic Betterment, in János Kornai, László Mátyás, and Gérard Roland
(eds.), Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 116 “Losses and Gains to Developing Countries from the
Migration of Educated Workers: An Overview of Recent Research, and New Reflections”
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2007. Losses and Gains to Developing Countries from the Migration of
Educated Workers: An Overview of Recent Research, and New Reflections. World Economics,
Vol. 8: 259-269.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 118 “Rural-to-Urban Migration, Human Capital, and
Agglomeration”
C.S. Fan and O. Stark, 2008. Rural-to-Urban Migration, Human Capital, and Agglomeration.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 68: 234-247.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 120 “On the Evolutionary Edge of Migration as an Assortative
Mating Device”
O. Stark, D.A. Behrens and Y. Wang, 2008. On the Evolutionary Edge of Migration as an
Assortative Mating Device. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 19: 95-109.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 128 “An Evolutionary Edge of Knowing Less (Or: On the
“Curse” of Global Information”
O. Stark and D.A. Behrens, 2010. An Evolutionary Edge of Knowing Less (Or: On the “Curse” of
Global Information. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 20: 77-94.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 134 “Reasons for Remitting”
O. Stark, 2009. Reasons for Remitting. World Economics, Vol. 10: 147-158.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 135 “Gauging the Potential for Social Unrest”
O. Stark, W. Hyll and D.A. Behrens, 2009. Gauging the Potential for Social Unrest. Public
Choice, Vol. 143: 229-236.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 136 “A Theory of Migration as a Response to Occupational
Stigma”
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2011. A Theory of Migration as a Response to Occupational Stigma.
International Economic Review, Vol. 55: 549-571.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 137 “Casting the Naturalization of Asylum Seekers as an
Economic Problem”
O. Stark, 2010. Casting the Naturalization of Asylum Seekers as an Economic Problem.
Economics Letters, Vol. 108: 286-290.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 140 “In Search of an Evolutionary Edge: Trading with a Few,
More, or Many”
O. Stark and D.A. Behrens, 2011. In Search of an Evolutionary Edge: Trading with a Few, More,
or Many. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 21: 721-736.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 145 “Policy Repercussions of “The New Economics of the
Brain Drain””
O. Stark, 2010. Policy Repercussions of “The New Economics of the Brain Drain”. Ekonomista,
No. 6: 831-840.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 146 “The Prospect of Migration, Sticky Wages, and “Educated
Unemployment””
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2011. The Prospect of Migration, Sticky Wages, and “Educated
Unemployment”. Review of International Economics, Vol. 19: 277-287.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 148 “Endogenous Selection of Comparison Groups, Human
Capital Formation, and Tax Policy”
O. Stark, W. Hyll and Y. Wang, 2012. Endogenous Selection of Comparison Groups, Human
Capital Formation, and Tax Policy. Economica, Vol. 79: 62-75.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 149 “Why Would Some Migrants Choose to Engage in
Degrading Work?”
O. Stark and C.S. Fan, 2011. Migration for Degrading Work as an Escape from Humiliation.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 77: 241-247.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 152 “Is Population Growth Conducive to the Sustainability of
Cooperation? ”
O. Stark and M. Jakubek, 2011. Is Population Growth Conducive to the Sustainability of
Cooperation? Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 9: 443-451.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 153 “The Merger of Populations, the Incidence of Marriages,
and Aggregate Unhappiness”
O. Stark, F. Rendl, and M. Jakubek, 2012. The Merger of Populations, the Incidence of
Marriages, and Aggregate Unhappiness. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 22: 331-344.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 156 “A Concern about Low Relative Income, and the Alignment
of Utilitarianism with Egalitarianism”
O. Stark, M. Kobus, and M. Jakubek, 2012. A Concern about Low Relative Income, and the
Alignment of Utilitarianism with Egalitarianism. Economics Letters, Vol. 114: 235-238.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 157 “On the Formation of International Migration Policies when
no Country Has an Exclusive Policy-Setting Say”
O. Stark, A. Casarico, C. Devillanova, and S. Uebelmesser, 2012. On the Formation of
International Migration Policies When No Country Has an Exclusive Policy-Setting Say. Regional
Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 42: 420-429.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 160 “Differential Migration Prospects, Skill Formation, and
Welfare”
O. Stark and R. Zakharenko, 2011. Differential Migration Prospects, Skill Formation, and
Welfare. Review of International Economics, Vol. 20: 657-673.
ZEF Discussion Paper No. 162 “Integration, Social Distress, and Policy Formation”
O. Stark, 2012. Integration, Social Distress, and Policy Formation. Economics Letters, Vol. 115:
318-321.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 163 “Policy responses to a dark side of the integration of
regions and nations”
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 164 “A back-door brain drain”
O. Stark and L. Byra, 2012. A back-door brain drain. Economics Letters, Vol. 116: 273-276.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 168 “Migration networks as a response to financial
constraints: Onset and endogenous dynamics”
O. Stark and M. Jakubek, 2013. Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset
and endogenous dynamics. Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 101: 1-7.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 170 “Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken
migrants’ assimilation”
O. Stark and A. Dorn, 2013. Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’
assimilation. Economics Letters, Vol. 118: 1-5.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 173 “Income redistribution going awry: The reversal power of
the concern for relative deprivation”
G. Sorger and O. Stark, 2013. Income redistribution going awry: The reversal power of the
concern for relative deprivation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 86: 1-9.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 181 “Migration and Dynamics: How a Leakage of Human
Capital Lubricates the Engine of Economic Growth”
G. Sorger, O. Stark, and Y. Wang, 2013. Migration and Dynamics: How a Leakage of Human
Capital Lubricates the Engine of Economic Growth. International Review of Economics and
Finance, Vol. 28: 26-37.
ZEF-Discussion Paper No. 182 “Integration as a catalyst for assimilation”
O. Stark and M. Jakubek, 2013. Integration as a catalyst for assimilation. International Review of
Economics and Finance, Vol. 28: 62-70.