The internal relocation premium: Are migrants positively or negatively selected? Evidence from Italy

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1263-1278

  Cutillo, Andrea ^a,b   Ceccarelli, Claudio ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

endogeneity; graduates labor market; internal relocation; migration premium; pay gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859765519     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2011.644529     Document Type: Article

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