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Refugees' and Irregular Migrants' Self-Selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?
We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and irregular migrants. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self-selected with respect to human capital, while male irregular migrants are negatively self-selected. These patterns are similar when analyzing individually stated main reason to emigrate, country-level conflict intensity, and sub-regional conflict intensity. Migrants respond to economic incentives and border policies.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12800
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Subject
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international migration
refugees
irregular migrants
self-selection
human capital
gender differences in migration
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Aksoy, Cevat Giray
Poutvaara, Panu
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2019
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Aksoy, Cevat Giray
- Poutvaara, Panu
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2019
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