Occupational Choice of Return Migrants in Moldova

Daniela Borodak and Matloob Piracha

Eastern European Economics, 2011, vol. 49, issue 4, 24-46

Abstract: This paper analyzes the occupational choice of return migrants. Using the survey data on different aspects of migration in Moldova, we find that those who stayed illegally in the host country tend to go into wage employment on return to the home country. We also show that relatively better educated migrants tend not to be in formal employment (i.e., appear not to participate in the labor market), whereas those with relatively lower skills or who obtained a worse-than-expected outcome in the host country are more likely to be wage employed in the home country on return. We offer an economic analysis of these paradoxical results.

Date: 2011
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