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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe: who migrates where?

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Bibliographic Details
Authors and Corporations: Aksoy, Cevat Giray (Author), Poutvaara, Panu (Author)
Other Authors: Poutvaara, Panu 1973- [Author]
Type of Resource: E-Book
Language: English
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Series: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 1069 (2020)
Subjects:
international migration
refugees
irregular migrants
self-selection
human capital
gender differences in migration
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Source: Verbunddaten SWB
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Description
Summary: We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and irregular migrants. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self-selected with respect to human capital, while male irregular migrants are negatively self-selected. These patterns are similar when analyzing individually stated main reason to emigrate, country-level conflict intensity, and sub-regional conflict intensity. Migrants respond to economic incentives and border policies.
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