. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter …

of genetic distance, increases in genetic distance reduce the positive selection of migration. However, at higher levels … of genetic distance, this pattern is reversed and migration becomes more positively selected. We complement this finding …

Ever since Sjaastad (1962), researchers have struggled to quantify the psychic costs of migration. We monetize psychic … geographic distance and pre-migration wage profiles, we find that migrants demand a (indexed with respect to local rents) wage … males and those who earn above average occupational wages before migration, more pronounced for geographically short moves …

migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 … migration for low-skilled migrants. Results are robust to the inclusion of sending and destination country fixed effects …

migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 … migration for low-skilled migrants. Results are robust to the inclusion of sending and destination country fixed effects …

-skilled individuals when credit constraints and other migration barriers are unlikely to be binding. …

. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter … Determinanten selektiver Migration beschäftigen sowie die Wichtigkeit selektiver Migration für die Zusammensetzung der arbeitenden …

of genetic distance, increases in genetic distance reduce the positive selection of migration. However, at higher levels … of genetic distance, this pattern is reversed and migration becomes more positively selected. We complement this finding …

This paper looks at the e ffect of cultural barriers on the skill selection of international migration. The data covers … bilateral migration stocks by skill level in 2000 from about 99 sending countries to the main 15 destination countries. We use …

Ever since Sjaastad (1962), researchers have struggled to quantify the psychic cost of migration. We monetize psychic … geographic distance and pre-migration wage profiles, we find that migrants demand a (indexed with respect to local rents) wage …