We study selection and labour market outcomes among Ukrainian migrants using unique data from a survey conducted in Ukraine in August - October 2011. We find that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education. Yet, this is not associated, as might be expected, with their labour...

We study selection and labour market outcomes among Ukrainian migrants using unique data from a survey conducted in Ukraine in August – October 2011. We find that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education. Yet, this is not associated, as might be expected, with their...

The developed theoretical model analyzes the welfare effects of labor migration. I find that for the receiving country immigration enhances welfare as long as the marginal benefits to the natives' income exceed the social costs of immigration. Over-emigration of workers generated by free...

We study selection and labour market outcomes among Ukrainian migrants using unique data from a survey conducted in Ukraine in August - October 2011. We find that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education. Yet, this is not associated, as might be expected, with their labour...

This paper studies selection and labour market outcomes among Ukrainian migrants using unique data from a survey conducted in Ukraine between August and October 2011. We found that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education yetthis is not associated, as might be expected,...

I construct an immigration policy index which is heterogeneous across destination-origin country pairs and variant over time. This index is based on three types of entry visa restrictions: visa required, visa not required for short stays and visa not required at all. When estimated in levels,...