Worse than expected? Uncertainty and earnings subsequent to return migration

Jan Saarela

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 136, issue C, 28-30

Abstract: Analyses of unique cross-country register data reveal that earnings subsequent to return migration are strongly dependent on uncertainty in the initial migration decision. Migrants who miss their target have 10%–25% lower earnings than those at the expected level.

Keywords: Uncertainty; Expected earnings; Return migration; Post-migration earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.08.034

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