Income maximization and the selection and sorting of international migrants

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-57

  Grogger, Jeffrey ^a   Hanson, Gordon H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

International migration; Self selection; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMIGRATION; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; OECD; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

EID: 79951727261     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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