Arbeitspapier
Unexpected Colonial Returns: Self-Selection and Economic Integration of Migrants over Multiple Generations
A ban on migration from Suriname, a former Dutch colony, to the Netherlands induced a mass migration and changed the selection of migrants. We exploit this historical episode to study the relationship between the self-selection of migrants and their long-term economic integration over three generations. 'Beat-the-ban' migrants, those arriving just before the ban, are negatively selected compared to economic migrants arriving earlier. This difference in selection is reflected in the outcomes of the first generation. However, the inequality in outcomes between differently selected migrants is not persistent. The offspring of negatively selected migrants has a faster catch-up to natives which can be explained by inequities in the country of origin.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16065
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Subject
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mass migration
economic integration
intergenerational mobility
migrant selection
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Gielen, Anne C.
Webbink, Dinand
- 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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2023
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Gielen, Anne C.
- Webbink, Dinand
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2023
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