We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self‐selection of migrants than previously realized … full population administrative data to test the predictions. We find strong evidence of positive self‐selection of … distribution for the non‐migrants. This result is not driven by immigration policies in destination countries. Decomposing the self‐selection …

migrants on the basis of observable characteristics also influences their self-selection on unobservables. We propose a model …

academia and, more generally, it highlights the relevance of self-selection for empirical studies on discrimination. …

offer an exit bonus to recent hires so as to induce self-selection. We study a double adverse selection problem, in which …

they analyse whether the ex-ante most productive firms are those that start exporting (self-selection hypothesis). Finally …, to control for the possibility that selection into exports may not be a random process. Their results confirm the self-selection …

type of brain waste: (1) reduces education incentives; (2) weakens the chances for a positive self-selection; and (3 …

markets by establishing treatment models in line with the learning by exporting hypothesis. Our results indicate self-selection …