Self-selection of Emigrants
Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9718753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George J Borjas (0000-0001-8596-1705, Harvard Kennedy School, NBER and IZA), Ilkka Kauppinen (0000-0002-9175-1525, VATT Institute for Economic Research), Ilpo Kauppinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research), Panu Poutvaara (0000-0003-2070-784X, LMU Munich, ifo Institute–Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, CESifo, CReAM and IZA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 617 |
| Pages | 143-171 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12585 |
| OpenAlex | W3124052556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 34 |
The Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection of migrants than previously realised. The conditions shown to result in positive or negative selection in terms of expected earnings also imply a stochastic dominance relationship between the earnings distributions of migrants and non-migrants. We test these predictions using the Danish full population administrative data. We find strong evidence of positive self-selection of emigrants in terms of pre-emigration earnings and residual earnings: the income distribution for the migrants almost stochastically dominates the distribution for the non-migrants. Decomposing the self-selection in total earnings reveals that unobserved abilities play the dominant role
Biology · Demographic economics · Dominance (genetics · Earnings · Econometrics · Economics · Emigration · Geography · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · Stochastic dominance · Unobservable · Computer Science · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration and Labor Dynamics
Self-selection of Mexican migrants in the presence of random shocks
Why is the Roy–Borjas model unable to predict international migrant selection on education? Evidence from urban and rural Mexico
Gender segregation
To work or not? Wages or subsidies
Risk preferences and refugee migration to Europe
First-time homeownership across immigrant groups and generations in Sweden
Unequal Burdens
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries
On the up and up
‘Wish to Dream’ Fulfilment
Cities and Smoking
Exploring familial factors in the migrant mortality advantage among domestic migrants in later life
Do immigrants know less than natives about cancer screening tests? – the case of Netherlands
Labor migration, remittances, and the economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
An Examination of Ethnic Hierarchies and Returns to Human Capital in the UK
Perverse policy incentives and inferior economic outcomes
The influence of skill-based policies on the immigrant selection process
International migration and its short‐term effect on partnership stability
International Family Migration and the Dual-Earner Model
Temporary Migration and Savings Rates
Employer Attitudes and the Hiring of Immigrants and International Students
Fleeing a failing state
Migrant self-selection
Effects of emigration on labor markets in migrant origin areas
Taking the skill bias out of global migration
Migration from developing countries
Refugees' and irregular migrants’ self-selection into Europe
The effect of mass migration on disease transmission
Career start abroad
Movers and Stayers
Legalization and Long-Term Outcomes of Immigrant Workers
Exploring the drivers of internal labour migration for the regions of Great Britain
Inherited Social Trust and Depression Among Second‐Generation Immigrants
Male and female self-selection during the Portuguese mass migration, 1885–1930
Do top executives’ immigration status and multiculturalism perceptions matter? A diversity mindsets perspective
Where do migrants and natives belong in a community
Greener pastures
Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors
Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality
Labor Market Institutions and the Distribution of Wages, 1973-1992
The Economics of Temporary Migrations
Returns to skills around the world
On the Measurement of Poverty
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses
The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping
Self-Selection and International Migration
New Evidence on Emigrant Selection
Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born
The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants
Testing for Restricted Stochastic Dominance
Income maximization and the selection and sorting of international migrants
International Migration, Self‐Selection, and the Distribution of Wages
Migration and Human Capital
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950
To Part or Not to Part
Does High Inequality Attract High Skilled Immigrants
The Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |