Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants

George Borjas

Chapter 4 in Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics, 2021, pp 69-91 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This paper analyzes the way in which the earnings of the immigrant population may be expected to differ from the earnings of the native population because of the endogeneity of the decision to migrate. The empirical study shows that differences in the U.S. earnings of immigrants with the same measured skills, but from different home countries, are attributable to variations in political and economic conditions in the countries of origin at the time of migration.

Keywords: Immigration; Economics; Labor Markets; Refugees; Self-selection; Return Migration; Migration; Costs and Benefits from Immigration; Assimilation; Cohort Effects; National Origin; Ethnicity; Neighborhood Effects; Ethnic Capital; Internal Migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F66 J01 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Journal Article: Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants (1987)
Working Paper: Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants (1987)
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