Self-Selection of Return Migrants in Brazil and Inequality

Autores/as

  • Silvio H. T. Tai RITM - University Paris XI Sud, France and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Ana Carolina B. M. Ribeiro Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea146640

Palabras clave:

Inequality, Return Migration, Self-selection, Brazil

Resumen

This paper investigates self-selection of returnees migrants in Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. We find evidence of the impact of inequality on selfselection through two opposing channels. First, migrations costs prevent low-skilled individuals from emigrating, which support positive selection. This selection is accentuated in locations with high inequality. Secondly, we find that low-skilled individuals have wage incentives to emigrate from states with relative high inequality, implying a negative impact on selection. All in all, we find more important effects of migration costs, with the predominance of positive selection

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Ana Carolina B. M. Ribeiro, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Ph.D. candidate at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

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Publicado

2016-09-01

Número

Vol. 20 Núm. 3 (2016)

Sección

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Cómo citar

Tai, S. H. T., & Ribeiro, A. C. B. M. (2016). Self-Selection of Return Migrants in Brazil and Inequality. Economia Aplicada, 20(3), 311-331. https://doi.org/10.11606/1413-8050/ea146640