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dc.creatorHunt, Jennifer-
dc.date2004-
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-16T06:58:29Z-
dc.date.available2013-10-16T06:58:29Z-
dc.date.issued2013-10-16-
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18146-
dc.identifierppn:387735011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18146-
dc.descriptionI examine the determinants of inter-state migration of adults within western Germany, using the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2000. I highlight the prevalence and distinctive characteristics of migrants who do not change employers. Same-employer migrants represent 25% of all migrants, and have higher education and pre-move wages than non-migrants. Conditional on age, same-employer migrants are therefore more skilled than non-migrants. By contrast, although other migrants have higher education than non-migrants, they do not have higher pre-move wages. Furthermore, they have in their ranks disproportionate numbers of the non-employed, unemployed and recently laid off. It therefore seems inappropriate to characterize them as more skilled than nonmigrants. The results for same-employer migrants indicate that skilled workers have a low-cost migration avenue that has not been considered in the previous literature. I also analyze the relation between repeat and return migration and distinguish between short and long-distance migration. I confirm that long-distance migrants are more skilled than short-distance migrants, as predicted by theory, and I show that return migrants are a mix of successes and failures.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin-
dc.relationDIW-Diskussionspapiere 422-
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen-
dc.subjectddc:330-
dc.subjectBinnenwanderung-
dc.subjectRegionale Arbeitsmobilität-
dc.subjectQualifikation-
dc.subjectMigrationstheorie-
dc.subjectSchätzung-
dc.subjectDeutschland-
dc.titleAre Migrants More Skilled than Non-Migrants? : Repeat, Return and Same-Employer-
dc.typedoc-type:workingPaper-
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