Many empirical studies on the determinants of international migration flows rely exclusively on macro data, and do not … account for migrants' self-selection. We analyze a very interesting episode in international migration for which we are able … individual earnings and use them to estimate a discrete-choice migration equation that allows for correlated errors across …

While the literature has established that there is substantial and highly selective return migration, the growing … importance of repeat migration has been largely ignored. Using Markov chain analysis, this paper provides a modeling framework …. The out-migration per year is low, about 10%. Migrants are more likely to leave again early after their arrival in Germany …

The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat migration. This paper studies repeat or … circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years … the middle ages), and the newcomers and the more seasoned are significantly more likely to engage in circular migration …

in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of …