Self-Selection of Return Migrants in Brazil and Inequality
This paper investigates self-selection of returnees migrants in Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. We find evidence of the impact of inequality on selfselection through two opposing channels. First, migrations costs prevent low-skilled individuals from emigrating, which support positive selection. This sele...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Economia Aplicada |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/124400 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/124400 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Inequality Return Migration Self-selection Brazil Desigualdade Emigrantes retornados Autosseleção Brasil |
| Sumario: | This paper investigates self-selection of returnees migrants in Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. We find evidence of the impact of inequality on selfselection through two opposing channels. First, migrations costs prevent low-skilled individuals from emigrating, which support positive selection. This selection is accentuated in locations with high inequality. Secondly, we find that low-skilled individuals have wage incentives to emigrate from states with relative high inequality, implying a negative impact on selection. All in all, we find more important effects of migration costs, with the predominance of positive selection |
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