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Crossing the Border: Self-selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions

Bertoli, Simone; Moraga, Jesus Fernandez-Huertas; … - 2010

individual earnings and use them to estimate a discrete-choice migration equation that allows for correlated errors across … destinations and a rich structure of migration costs. We find that earnings significantly shape individual migration decisions …, even in an episode in which Ecuadorians mostly chose Spain where earnings were lower than in the US, and they contribute to …

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Crossing the border: Self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions

Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010

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Crossing the border: Self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions

Bertoli, S.; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, J.; Ortega, F. - In: Journal of Development Economics 101 (2013) C, pp. 75-91

. Specifically, we produce selection-corrected predictions of counterfactual individual earnings and use them to estimate a discrete … earnings significantly shape individual migration decisions, even in an episode in which Ecuadorians mostly chose Spain where … earnings were lower than in the US, and they contribute to explaining the observed composition of migration flows. Moreover …

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Crossing the Border: Self-selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions

Bertoli, Simone; Ortega, Francesc; Moraga, Jesus … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

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Let's be selective about migrant self-selection

Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - 2013

Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of...

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Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection

Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - 2013

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Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection

Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Understanding different migrant selection patterns in rural and urban Mexico

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús - In: Journal of Development Economics 103 (2013) C, pp. 182-201

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a dataset that addresses both issues: the ENET (Mexican Labor...

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New Evidence on Emigrant Selection

Moraga, Jesús Fernández-Huertas - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2008

This paper examines the extent to which Mexican emigrants to the United States are negatively selected, that is, have lower skills than individuals who remain in Mexico. Previous studies have been limited by the lack of nationally representative longitudinal data. This one uses a newly available...

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Wealth Constraints, Skill Prices or Networks: What Determines Emigrant Selection?

Moraga, Jesús Fernández-Huertas - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2008

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a new and better dataset to address both issues: the ENET (Mexican...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572260