Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263215 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1156
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Classical theories hypothesize individual economic preferences, including preferences toward risk, time, and trust, as determinants for migration intention. In the paper, we combine data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, European Social Survey, and World Values Survey to investigate how immigrants to Germany are self-selected from the origin population based on their preferences. We find a higher migration propensity among individuals who are more altruistic, patient, and trusting, conditional on age, gender, education, and a series of origin country's economic and political factors. However, individuals are positively selected on risk appetite in low-risk countries but adversely selected in high-risk countries. The degree of selectivity regarding preferences is also heterogeneous across demographics and origin-country characteristics.
Subjects: 
self-selection
economic preferences
refugees
reasons for migration
origin country
JEL: 
F22
J15
J6
O15
Z1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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