account of the struggles, describing the corruption of political systems and the growing income inequality in Colombia, Peru …

, proxied by their respective unemployment rates, on the labor market of Colombian cities with high migration tradition. These … 2011 for urban areas in Colombia and a differences-in-differences approach, we find that unemployment rates of those … areas with high and moderate migration tradition. In a second stage, we provide evidence that unemployment rates of those …

selection and the importance of migrant selection to labor force quality. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs … that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter 3 discusses whether early performance …

Mexico and the US. First, we find no evidence of long-run wage convergence among cohorts characterized by low migration … convergence for workers with high migration propensities. Finally, we find evidence of convergence in the border of Mexico vis …