Temporary Migration and Wages of Ph.D.s. Stay Longer or Come Back Sooner?

Marco Di Cintio and Emanuele Grassi
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Marco Di Cintio: Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia - University of Salento
Emanuele Grassi: Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia - University of Salento

Review of Economic Analysis, 2025, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-35

Abstract: "This paper examines the wage implications of temporary migration for two cohorts of Italian Ph.D.s. Special attention is given to the duration of the international experience, its contribution to earned wages and the selectivity of returnees. Returnees are found to be a self-selected group whose unobservable characteristics are simultaneously associated with both higher wages and a higher propensity to migrate. Moreover, we find positive returns for those who stay longer and negative returns for those who come back sooner. The results are confirmed in several robustness and sensitivity checks."

Keywords: "back movers; education; high-skilled migrants; international returnees; selectivity; self-selection; human capital; wage-premia" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J3 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.15353/rea.v17i1.6084

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