Self-selection in migration and returns to unobservable skills.

Autor/inn/en	Dostie, Benoit; Leger, Pierre Thomas
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Self-selection in migration and returns to unobservable skills. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Selbstselektion bei der Migration und Bildungserträge unsichtbarer Qualifikationen.
Quelle	Bonn (2006), 30 S.; 232 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 1942
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Selbsteinschätzung; Bildungsertrag; Leistungsbeurteilung; Motivation; Binnenwanderung; Regionale Disparität; Regionale Mobilität; Migration; Einkommenshöhe; Leistungslohn; Arbeitsproduktivität; Arbeitspapier; Arzt; Kanada
Abstract	"Several papers have tested the empirical validity of the migration models proposed by Borjas (1987) and Borjas, Bronars, and Trejo (1992). However, to our knowledge, none has been able to disentangle the separate impact of observable and unobservable individual characteristics, and their respective returns across different locations, on an individual's decision to migrate. We build a model in which individuals sort, in part, on potential earnings - where earnings across different locations are a function of both observable and unobservable characteristics. We focus on the inter-provincial migration patterns of Canadian physicians. We choose this particular group for several reasons including the fact that they are paid on a fee-for-service basis. Since wage rates are exogenous, earning differentials are driven by differences in productivity. We then estimate a mixed conditional-logit model to determine the effects of individual and destination-specific characteristics (parti! cularly earnings differentials) on physician location decisions. We find, among other things, that high-productivity physicians (based on unobservables) are more likely to migrate to provinces where the productivity premium is greater, while low-productivity physicians are more likely to migrate to areas where the productivity premium is lower. These results are consistent with a modified Borjas model of self-selection in migration based on both unobservables and observables." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1989 bis 1997. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2006/4