MIGRATION, SELF-SELECTION AND INCOME INEQUALITY: AN INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS

In the context of an emerging focus on highly skilled migration throughout the OECD area,the question under which circumstances migrants can be expected to be relatively skilled is ofparticular importance. Borjas (1987, 1994) has analysed the relation between the incomedistribution and the skills of migrants. His self-selection model predicts that immigrants fromcountries with a higher income inequality tend to be negatively selected (i.e., less skilled thanthe average worker in both host and source countries)...