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Self-Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics

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This paper uses Danish full population register data from 1995 to 2001 to analyze self-selection of migrants from Denmark. We find that Danish emigrants are more educated and have higher pre-emigration earnings than non-migrants. The earnings of emigrants are not higher only on average, but the earnings distribution for emigrants stochastically dominates that of non-migrants. Furthermore, we also find positive self-selection in terms of residuals from earnings regressions. These results are consistent with the positive selection hypothesis for migrants from a rich and equal country derived from the Roy model. We also derive the stochastic dominance result from the model.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Migration ; No. G05-V3

Classification: Wirtschaft
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Poutvaara, Panu
Borjas, George
Kauppinen, Ilpo

Event: Veröffentlichung

(when): 2015

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/113140

Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET

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Poutvaara, Panu
Borjas, George
Kauppinen, Ilpo

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