Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/328176 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Economic Analysis (REA) [ISSN:] 1973-3909 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 1-35
Publisher: 
International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA), Waterloo (Ontario)
Abstract: 
This paper examines the wage implications of temporary migration for two cohorts of Italian Ph.D.s. Special attention is given to the duration of the international experience, its contribution to earned wages and the selectivity of returnees. Returnees are found to be a self-selected group whose unobservable characteristics are simultaneously associated with both higher wages and a higher propensity to migrate. Moreover, we find positive returns for those who stay longer and negative returns for those who come back sooner. The results are confirmed in several robustness and sensitivity checks.
Subjects: 
back movers
education
high-skilled migrants
international returnees
selectivity
self-selection
human capital
wage-premia
JEL: 
I23
J3
J61
F22
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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