Commander, Simon; Nikolaychuk, Olexandr; Vikhrov, Dmytro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Ukraine in August – October 2011. We find that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education. Yet, this is … explained by the absence of the conventional link between education and skills in Ukraine. To circumvent this problem, we … prior to migration in the home country was more likely to downshift abroad. Further, we find that migrants to the EU are …