Networks, Sorting and Self-selection of Ecuadorian Migrants

Simone Bertoli

No 287, Development Working Papers from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano

Abstract: This paper provides new empirical evidence about the influence exerted by migration networks upon migrants‟ self-selection in education from the analysis of the recent process of Ecuadorian migration. The severe economic crisis that hit Ecuador in the late 1990s induced a massive wave of migration, from a country which was characterized by a substantial geographical variability in the size of migration networks. As Ecuadorian migrants opted for a variety of destination countries in the aftermath of the crisis, we estimate a multinomial logistic model to assess the impact of migration networks on both migrants‟ sorting and self-selection. The estimates are in line with the theoretical arguments which predict that migration networks increase the likelihood or the extent of a negative self-selection of the migrants with respect to education.

Keywords: migration; networks; self-selection; education; Ecuador. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2010-04-30, Revised 2010-04-30
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