Why is the Roy-Borjas model unable to predict international migrant selection on education? : evidence from urban and rural Mexico / Stefan Leopold, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold ; editor: Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association
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185419853X
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-981176
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Halle (Saale), Germany : Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association, JUly 2023
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1 Online-Ressource (III, 20, A4 Seiten, 0,87 MB)
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eng
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 19-20
Sprache der Zusammenfassung: Englisch
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The Roy-Borjas model predicts that international migrants are less educated than nonmigrants because the returns to education are generally higher in developing (migrant-sending) than in developed (migrant-receiving) countries. However, empirical evidence often shows the opposite. Using the case of Mexico-U.S. migration, we show that this inconsistency between predictions and empirical evidence can be resolved when the human capital of migrants is assessed using a two-dimensional measure of occupational skills rather than by educational attainment. Thus, focusing on a single skill dimension when investigating migrant selection can lead to misleading conclusions about the underlying economic incentives and behavioral models of migration.
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IWH-Diskussionspapiere ; 2023, no. 16 (July 2023) ppn:837399270