Do the best go west? An analysis of the self-selection of employed East-West migrants in Germany

Empirica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-395

  Brücker, Herbert ^a,b   Trübswetter, Parvati ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Germany; Migration; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 34547635647     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-006-9031-y     Document Type: Article

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