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Refugees' Self-selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?

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About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. 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 for multiple origin and destination countries. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self-selected with respect to education, while male irregular migrants are not. We also find that both male and female migrants from major conflict countries are positively self-selected in terms of their predicted income. For countries with minor or no conflict, migrant and non-migrant men do not differ in terms of their income distribution. We also analyze how border controls affect destination country choice.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: CReAM Discussion Paper Series ; No. 01/19

Classification: Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

Subject: Refugees
self-selection
human capital
predicted income

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Aksoy, Cevat Giray
Poutvaara, Panu

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London

(where): London

(when): 2019

Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET

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Aksoy, Cevat Giray
Poutvaara, Panu
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London

Time of origin

2019

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