favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the …This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although … the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The …

-country migration policies across Europe and (ii) that the European Union needs to become an active player on the international labour …

This paper tests the differential effects of the generosity of the welfare state under free migration and under policy …-controlled migration, distinguishing between source developing and developed countries. We utilize free-movement within the EU to examine … the free migration regime and compare that to immigration into the EU from two other groups, developed and developing …

decisions about the choice of activity upon returning and the duration of migration. The theoretical model builds on Dustmann … skills acquired by migrants while abroad is related to the activity chosen upon return and the duration of migration. The … results suggest that the type of education plays a significant role in the migration decisions of those returning as wage …

This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as … generates additional identification problems that have remained largely ignored. To tackle this second form of selectivity …

favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the …This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although … the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The …

migration among those from countries with better quality school. In other words, it is the impact of origin country school …

selectivity. We find that for both smoking decisions true state dependence is in general much smaller when unobserved individual …