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The selection of high-skilled emigrants
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Abstract We measure selection among high-skilled emigrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries are positively selected relative to nonmigrants, while migrants to more equal countries are negatively selected, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive selecti... view more
We measure selection among high-skilled emigrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries are positively selected relative to nonmigrants, while migrants to more equal countries are negatively selected, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive selection to less equal countries reflects university quality and grades, and negative selection to more equal countries reflects university subject and gender. Migrants to the United States are highly positively selected and concentrated in STEM fields. Our results highlight the relevance of the Borjas model for high-skilled individuals when credit constraints and other migration barriers are unlikely to be binding.... view less
Keywords
highly qualified worker; Federal Republic of Germany; international migration; selection; difference in income; inequality
Classification
Labor Market Research
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 776-792
Journal
Review of Economics and Statistics, 99 (2017) 5
ISSN
1530-9142
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed