the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non …-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of migrant self-selection on per-capita GDP in both sending and … migration from Mexico to the US in the 2000s. We first estimate the degree of selection, and show that Norwegians were …

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation … of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a new and … selection for Mexican emigrants to the United States for the period 2000-2004 together with positive selection in Mexican …

lower wage and have less schooling years than individuals who remain in Mexico, evidence of negative selection. This …

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation … of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a dataset … a direct comparison to non-migrants. This dataset presents a relevant dichotomy: it shows negative selection for urban …

lower wage and have less schooling years than individuals who remain in Mexico, evidence of negative selection. This …

The productive characteristics of migrating individuals, emigrant selection, affect welfare. The empirical estimation … of the degree of selection suffers from a lack of complete and nationally representative data. This paper uses a new and … selection for Mexican emigrants to the United States for the period 2000-2004 together with positive selection in Mexican …

they are conditional on investment, such as investment in education. They do this primarily by facilitating acquisition of …

We measure selection of high-skilled migrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries …, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive selection to less equal countries is driven by university quality and … grades, and negative selection to more equal countries by university subject and gender. Migrants to the U.S. are highly …

We measure selection of high-skilled migrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries …, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive selection to less equal countries is driven by university quality and … grades, and negative selection to more equal countries by university subject and gender. Migrants to the U.S. are highly …

and human capital accumulation in a multi-country context. We then embed this migration-education nexus into a development … migration costs, and the education policy. Emigration significantly reduces cross-country income inequality and the proportion …