Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/326851 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
UNU-MERIT Working Papers No. 2023-001
Publisher: 
United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht
Abstract: 
In this study, we examine the impact of international mobility programs on students' attitudes toward inequality, focusing on two dimensions: preference and perception of inequality. To provide causal evidence, we exploit unique survey data about more than a thousand students from a well-known and internationalized Brazilian university. Using Propensity Score Matching to construct an artificial comparison group, we find that going abroad does not affect students' preference to reduce within-country inequality in Brazil. Still, international mobility affects students' salary preferences, with mobile students expressing their preferences for favoring a raise in salaries for high-skilled jobs. Results also show that mobility affects how individuals perceive current inequality, as students who participate in mobility programs believe within-country inequality is smaller than their non-mobile counterparts. Our analysis presents empirical evidence to reflect on the role of international student mobility, providing insights to policymakers engaged in understanding their effects.
Subjects: 
Exchange Programs
Income Redistribution
Tertiary Education
Impact Evaluation
Propensity Score Matching
JEL: 
D31
D63
I24
O15
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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