Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration

International migrants, especially those migrating for economic reasons, typically differ from non-migrant co-nationals in both observed (e.g., education) and unobserved characteristics (e.g., motivation). However, knowledge about such migrant selectivity, particularly from the Global South, remains...

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Autores: Platt, Lucinda, Zuccotti, Carolina Viviana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:63 Sociología
migrant selection
education
South America
South-South migration
South-North migration
selección migratoria
educación
migración Sur-Sur
migración Sur-Norte
América del Sur
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spelling Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration¿Quién migra y dónde? Perspectivas sobre la selectividad migratoria global a través de la migración sudamericanaPlatt, LucindaZuccotti, Carolina Viviana63 Sociologíamigrant selectioneducationSouth AmericaSouth-South migrationSouth-North migrationselección migratoriaeducaciónmigración Sur-Surmigración Sur-NorteAmérica del SurInternational migrants, especially those migrating for economic reasons, typically differ from non-migrant co-nationals in both observed (e.g., education) and unobserved characteristics (e.g., motivation). However, knowledge about such migrant selectivity, particularly from the Global South, remains limited. South America is a key region for studying this issue, as half of South American migrants live in another South American country, while the other half reside in Europe or the US. Using harmonized census data from IPUMS, we explore how migrant educational selectivity varies by origin and destination, and how it evolves over three decades (1990s–2010s). We show that South American migrants are selected in general but are more selected when moving to more distant or challenging locations, such as the US. At the same time, intraregional moves can also be highly selective, and at times resemble those directed toward Europe (where selectivity remains lower than to the US).Los migrantes internacionales, especialmente aquellos que migran por razones económicas, suelen diferenciarse de sus connacionales no migrantes tanto en características observables (como la educación) como no observables (como la motivación). Sin embargo, el conocimiento sobre la selectividad migratoria en el Sur Global sigue siendo limitado. América del Sur ofrece un contexto propicio para su análisis, dado que la mitad de sus migrantes se trasladan dentro de la región y la otra mitad migra hacia Europa o Estados Unidos. Utilizando datos censales armonizados de IPUMS, este estudio analiza la selectividad educativa de los migrantes sudamericanos según el origen, el destino y su evolución entre las décadas de 1990 y 2010. Los hallazgos muestran una selectividad positiva general, más acentuada hacia destinos lejanos o exigentes como Estados Unidos. No obstante, ciertos flujos intrarregionales también presentan altos niveles de selectividad, comparables en ocasiones a los dirigidos hacia Europa, donde la selectividad es relativamente menor.Editorial CSICAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020e-Spacio UNED20262026-02-1320252025-12-3020252025-12-30journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31843reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/318432026-06-06T12:38:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
¿Quién migra y dónde? Perspectivas sobre la selectividad migratoria global a través de la migración sudamericana
title Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
spellingShingle Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
Platt, Lucinda
63 Sociología
migrant selection
education
South America
South-South migration
South-North migration
selección migratoria
educación
migración Sur-Sur
migración Sur-Norte
América del Sur
title_short Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
title_full Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
title_fullStr Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
title_full_unstemmed Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
title_sort Who migrates and where? Insights into global migrant selectivity through South American migration
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Platt, Lucinda
Zuccotti, Carolina Viviana
author Platt, Lucinda
author_facet Platt, Lucinda
Zuccotti, Carolina Viviana
author_role author
author2 Zuccotti, Carolina Viviana
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación
European Union’s Horizon 2020
e-Spacio UNED
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 63 Sociología
migrant selection
education
South America
South-South migration
South-North migration
selección migratoria
educación
migración Sur-Sur
migración Sur-Norte
América del Sur
topic 63 Sociología
migrant selection
education
South America
South-South migration
South-North migration
selección migratoria
educación
migración Sur-Sur
migración Sur-Norte
América del Sur
description International migrants, especially those migrating for economic reasons, typically differ from non-migrant co-nationals in both observed (e.g., education) and unobserved characteristics (e.g., motivation). However, knowledge about such migrant selectivity, particularly from the Global South, remains limited. South America is a key region for studying this issue, as half of South American migrants live in another South American country, while the other half reside in Europe or the US. Using harmonized census data from IPUMS, we explore how migrant educational selectivity varies by origin and destination, and how it evolves over three decades (1990s–2010s). We show that South American migrants are selected in general but are more selected when moving to more distant or challenging locations, such as the US. At the same time, intraregional moves can also be highly selective, and at times resemble those directed toward Europe (where selectivity remains lower than to the US).
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