migrants and returnees. We construct measures of selection across skill groups and estimate the average and the skill …-specific premium for migration and return for three typical destinations of Romanian migrants after 1990. Once we account for migration … costs, we find evidence that the selection and sorting of migrants by skills is driven by different returns in countries of …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non … (crowd in) skilled migrants and thus confirm initial beliefs. This self-fulfilling mechanism sustains the endogenous …

relations between different migrants, local workers, and employers in the host state. This chapter examines the regulatory …, including the number of migrants admitted, the occupations, sectors, and geographical areas where they are recruited, as well as … migrants' skills and attributes. Employers may desire a laissez faire model of employer-led admission where they can freely …

exogenous determinant for English proficiency of migrants of different ages, and we consider cohort data on migration among 29 …

in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. Having better general or speaking skills in English is … speaking skills has been the least improved domain for humanitarian migrants' who have participated in an English training …

Destination countries can adopt selective immigration policies to improve migrants' quality. Screening potential … migrants on the basis of observable characteristics also influences their self-selection on unobservables. We propose a model … that analyzes the effects of selective immigration policies on migrants' quality, measured by their wages at destination …

I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants can reduce the average skill composition. The … hypothesis, I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …