The informational structure of migration decision and migrants self-selection

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 1
Pages: 89-92

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Abstract

We analyze the pattern of migrants' self-selection in unobservables when there is uncertainty about foreign wages. Negative selection becomes more likely, and a greater dispersion of wages at destination no longer suffices to predict that immigrants will outperform natives.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:1:p:89-92
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General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-24