The informational structure of migration decision and migrants self-selection

We analyze the pattern of migrants' self-selection in unobservables when there is uncertainty about foreign wages. Negative selection becomes more likely, and a greater dispersion of wages at destination no longer suffices to predict that immigrants will outperform natives.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Bertoli, Simone
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 108.2010, 1, p. 89-92
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Migration Uncertainty Information Self-selection

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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