Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective |
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| Authors: | Augustin de Coulon Matloob Piracha |
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| Institution: | (1) Queen Mary, University of London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Houghton St, WC2A 2AE London, UK;(2) Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NP, UK;(3) IZA, Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the performance of non-migrants had they decided to migrate and return? Both the selection estimates and the semi-parametric approach allow us to conclude that the flows of return migrants are negatively selected. We find that, had they decided to migrate and come back, the non-migrants would have earned more than twice the wages of return migrants. |
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| Keywords: | Self-selection Return migrants Albania |
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