Can selective immigration policies reduce migrants' quality?

Autor/inn/en	Bertoli, Simone; Dequiedt, Vianney; Zenou, Yves
Titel	Can selective immigration policies reduce migrants' quality? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kann eine selektive Einwanderungspolitik die Qualität der Migranten verringern?
Quelle	In: Journal of development economics, (2016) 119, S. 100-109 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3878
DOI	10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.11.002
Schlagwörter	Einwanderungsland; Einwanderungspolitik; Lohnhöhe; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsniveau; Qualifikationsstruktur; Auswahlverfahren; Einwanderer
Abstract	"Destination countries can adopt selective immigration policies to improve migrants' quality. Screening potential migrants on the basis of observable characteristics also influences their self-selection on unobservables. We propose a model that analyzes the effects of selective immigration policies on migrants' quality, measured by their wages at destination. We show that the prevailing pattern of selection on unobservables influences the effect of an increase in selectivity, which can reduce migrants' quality when migrants are positively self-selected on unobservables. We also demonstrate that, in this case, the quality-maximizing share of educated migrants declines with the scale of migration." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4