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| Title: | Migration, Self-selection and Returns to Education in the WAMEU |
| Authors: | de Vreyer, Philippe
Gubert, Flore
Roubaud, Francois |
| Keywords: | earnings, migration, residential location, expected earnings |
| Issue Date: | 12-Sep-2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | IPC Working Paper Series No. 41 |
| Abstract: | Using data from labour force surveys conducted simultaneously in the capital cities of seven WAEMU countries, we estimate a model of residential location choice, in which expected earnings play a role. The model is first estimated in a reduced form. Estimates are then used to correct for
the endogeneity of locational choice in earnings equations estimated for each country. We find that migration behaviour has a significant effect in shaping earnings differentials between education levels and between the seven capital cities. A minimum distance estimator is then used to recover the value of log-earnings in the structural model of residential location choice. Results show that individuals tend to reside in countries in which their expected earnings are higher than elsewhere. |
| Appears in Collections: | International Policy Center (IPC) - Working Paper Series
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