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 …

For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …

. Using data from the 1980-2000 U.S. censuses and the 2005- 2010 American Community Surveys, we show that these wage premiums …

Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across … assimilation, my estimates indicate that a discrete jump in earnings and the wage structure occurs between the first and second …

. This paper estimates multivariate models of wage determination among samples of foreign workers interviewed in 1996 in San …

. Using data from the 1980-2000 U.S. censuses and the 2005-2010 American Community Surveys, we show that these wage premiums …

Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across … assimilation, my estimates indicate that a discrete jump in earnings and the wage structure occurs between the first and second …