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| Author: | Vijverberg, W. P. M. |
| Title: | Labour market performance as a determinant of migration |
| Journal: | Economica
1993 : MAY, VOL. 60:238, p. 143-160 |
| Index terms: | LABOUR MARKETS MIGRATION PRODUCTIVITY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Are migrants more productive than non-migrants? Such a comparison concerns both observed and unobservable productivity factors. This paper focuses on the correlation between unobservable factors at places of origin and destination. A human capital model of migration demonstrates that more productive workers at the origin would migrate only if the correlation factors is strongly positive. Longitudinal data from Cote d'Ivoire suggest that, indeed, the more productive workers do migrate. Furthermore, people migrate generally towards cities. Therefore: rural areas lose their productive workers; urban areas may gain in productivity from the geographical shifts in population. |
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