Arbeitspapier
Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany
In this paper we seek to deepen understanding of out-migration as a social and economic process and to investigate whether cross-sectional earnings assimilation results suffer from selection bias. To model the process of out-migration we conduct a detailed event history analysis of men and women immigrants in Germany. Our 14-year longitudinal study reveals that emigrants are negatively selected with respect to occupational prestige and to stable full time employment. Our results show no selectivity with respect to human capital, earnings, or gender. The likelihood of return migration is strongly determined by the range and nature of social attachments to Germany and origin countries, and grows higher toward retirement. This selective emigration, however, does not appear to distort cross-sectional estimates of earnings assimilation.
- Language
-
Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
-
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 672
- Classification
-
Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
-
return migration
immigrant assimilation
event history
Rückwanderung
Ausländische Arbeitskräfte
Migranten
Soziale Integration
Erwerbsstatus
Arbeitsverhältnis
Schätzung
Deutschland
- Event
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
-
Constant, Amelie F.
Massey, Douglas S.
- Event
-
Veröffentlichung
- (who)
-
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
-
Bonn
- (when)
-
2003
- Handle
- Last update
-
10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
Data provider
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.
Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Constant, Amelie F.
- Massey, Douglas S.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2003
Other Objects (12)
Ethnosizing immigrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Immigrants, ethnic identities and the nation-state
Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers
Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution : Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92
The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Ethnosizing Immigrants
Ethnosizing immigrants
Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?
Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed
Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed
Ethnosizing immigrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Immigrants, ethnic identities and the nation-state
Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers
Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution : Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92
The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Ethnosizing Immigrants
Ethnosizing immigrants
Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?
Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed
Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed
Ethnosizing immigrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Immigrants, ethnic identities and the nation-state
Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers
Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution : Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92
The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Ethnosizing Immigrants
Ethnosizing immigrants
Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?
Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed