receiving regions and shorter commuting distances favor positive selection of commuters. Empirically all types of commuters in … strongly selected than cross-border commuters, selectivity of commuters reduces with distance commuted and cross …

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 …

A key problem in the literature on the economics of migration is how emigration of an individual affects households … large, but transparent assumptions regarding behaviors of household members and selectivity of migrants allow identification …

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 …

2005. Considering the impact of migration as well as commuting, effects on regional wages and unemployment are estimated …, models that include externalities or selective migration suggest that regional differences might well increase due to … interregional migration of workers. We investigate the impact of labour mobility on regional disparities in Germany between 1995 and …

realistic representation of decisions related to commuting, migration and household and employment location. The model allows …

. More than before, work and residence location diverged. In this context, commuting and migration are two fundamental ways … can therefore prevent periodical mobility costs. Due to this fact, migration can serve as an alternative to commuting in … permanent mobility, respectively. Deciding for any of the two incurs peculiar costs. Commuting requires recurring costs that the …