Migration, Self-selection and Returns to Education in the WAMEU
dc.contributor.author | de Vreyer, Philippe | |
dc.contributor.author | Gubert, Flore | |
dc.contributor.author | Roubaud, Francois | |
dc.date | 2007-05-15 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-12T15:50:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-09-12T15:50:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-09-12T15:50:35Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/55755 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 229675 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IPC Working Paper Series No. 41 | en_US |
dc.subject | earnings, migration, residential location, expected earnings | en_US |
dc.title | Migration, Self-selection and Returns to Education in the WAMEU | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | International Policy Center (IPC); Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | DIAL | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/55755/4/IPC-working-paper-041-VreyerGubertRouband.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | International Policy Center (IPC) - Working Paper Series |
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