(positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill … simple model of income maximization can account for both phenomena. Results on selection show that migrants for a source …-destination pair are more educated relative to non-migrants the larger is the absolute skill-related difference in earnings between the …

migration for individuals with low cognitive skills, implying a strong positive selection of less educated migrants with respect … sorting of migrants across destinations, whereas adaptability has no significant effect on sorting. This evidence suggests …

migrants and returnees. We construct measures of selection across skill groups and estimate the average and the skills …-specific premium for migration and return for three typical destinations of Romanian migrants after 1990. We find evidence for a … sorting of migrants consistent with skill compensation in destination countries. The premium to return migration increases …

for native labor. I also use a novel instrument based on demographic characteristics of total Central American migrants or …

composition of immigrants under free migration is negative. The reason is that welfare state benefits attract unskilled migrants … generosity (and taxes) of the welfare state on the skill composition of migrants is positive if migration is controlled by policy …. Being net contributors to the welfare state, skilled migrants can help finance a more generous welfare-state system; thus …