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Migrant Selectivity and Returns to Skills: The Case of Taiwanese Immigrants in the United States 1
Author(s) -
Chen Shyhjer
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1995.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - emigration , earnings , human capital , selection (genetic algorithm) , immigration , economics , selection bias , demographic economics , econometrics , computer science , statistics , economic growth , political science , mathematics , finance , artificial intelligence , law
"This article examines the selection of international migration from Taiwan to the United States in terms of the skills and abilities of emigrants. Micro data from Taiwan and the U.S. are used to test Borjas' self-selection model (1987).... Based on the assumption that emigrants choose to move to the destination that can maximize their expected lifetime earnings and provide higher returns to their human capital, Heckman (1979) developed a two-stage method that allows one to correct the problem of selectivity bias and to estimate directions of the selection on the basis of observed characteristics (the levels of skills or education) and unobserved characteristics (innate ability or motivation) for both emigrants and non-emigrants." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)