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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5567
Verlag: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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 nonmigrants. 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 preemigration 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.<p> <span style="float: left;padding-right:10px"> <img src="http://www.cesifo-group.de/dms/ifoimg/logo/cesifowp_ifoCEMIR/cesifowp_ifoCEMIR.jpg"> </span> <div style="padding-right:10px;"> This paper presents research output of the <a href="http://www.cesifo-group.de/CEMIR" target="_blank">Ifo Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research</a> (CEMIR) </div></p>
Schlagwörter: 
international migration
Roy model
self selection
JEL: 
F22
J61
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