Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272692 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16065
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A ban on migration from Suriname, a former Dutch colony, to the Netherlands induced a mass migration and changed the selection of migrants. We exploit this historical episode to study the relationship between the self-selection of migrants and their long-term economic integration over three generations. 'Beat-the-ban' migrants, those arriving just before the ban, are negatively selected compared to economic migrants arriving earlier. This difference in selection is reflected in the outcomes of the first generation. However, the inequality in outcomes between differently selected migrants is not persistent. The offspring of negatively selected migrants has a faster catch-up to natives which can be explained by inequities in the country of origin.
Subjects: 
mass migration
economic integration
intergenerational mobility
migrant selection
JEL: 
J24
J6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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