selection issues are considered in the estimation of the earnings equation; we implement a natural method using MLE. The result …

The aim of this paper is to explain why cross-sectional estimated migration correlations displayed in the academic and … a model with stochastic migration in which the parameters of interest, that are migration correlations, are precisely … defined. The impossibility of estimating consistently the migration correlations from cross-sectional data only is emphasized …

, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …

This paper examines latent risk factors in models for migration risk. We employ thestandard statistical framework for … empirical study on quarterly migration data from Standard &Poor’s from the years 1981–2000, in which the ordered logit model …

the Basle Committee. To introduce both migration correlation and non- Markovian serial dependence, we consider rating …

productivity levels than full-time work. In a large-scale recruitment drive for a data-entry position in Ethiopia, either a part … qualified pool of applicants with a stronger preference for short work hours, who in turn exhibit lower productivity, all … relative to the fulltime work. Our preferred estimates show that this selection effect on productivity may explain up to half …

A pervasive, yet little acknowledged feature of international migration to developed countries is that newly arriving …