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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 15/15
Verlag: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Zusammenfassung: 
We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection of migrants than previously realized. The same conditions that have been shown to result in positive or negative selection in terms of expected earnings also imply a stochastic dominance relationship between the earnings distributions of migrants and non-migrants. We use the Danish full population administrative data to test the predictions. We find strong evidence of positive self-selection of emigrants in terms of pre-emigration earnings: the income distribution for the migrants almost stochastically dominates the distribution for the non-migrants. This result is not driven by immigration policies in destination countries. Decomposing the self-selection in total earnings into self-selection in observable characteristics and self-selection in unobservable characteristics reveals that unobserved abilities play the dominant role.
Schlagwörter: 
International Migration
Roy model
Self selection
JEL: 
F22
J61
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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