-specific characteristics (particularly earnings differentials) on physician location decisions. We find, among other things, that high-productivity …Several papers have tested the empirical validity of the migration models proposed by Borjas (1987) and Borjas, Bronars … migrate. We build a model in which individuals sort, in part, on potential earnings - where earnings across different …

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

the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … mainly driven by intra-occupational earnings progression. Moreover, and contrary to what is observed for natives, we detect …

significant net benefits, over the past couple of decades the positive effects of immigration on per capita growth, productivity …

One of the goals of the Right to Buy (RTB) was to stimulate labour migration by removing the debilitating effect of …

, intra-urban mobility, suburbanisation, and long-distance migration) for residents of the segregated post-Soviet city of …

The majority of modelling studies on consequences of internal migration focus almost exclusively on the labour market … pattern of migrants' subjective well-being (SWB) around the time of the migration event. Our findings make an original … contribution by revealing for the first time that, on average, migration is preceded by a period when individuals experience a …

This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …