How Important is Selection? Experimental versus Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration

How Important is Selection? Experimental versus Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration

Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general population, making it difficult to obtain an appropriate comparison group of non-migrants. This paper uses a migrant lottery to overcome this problem, providing an experimental measure of...

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Main Authors: McKenzie, David, Gibson, John, Stillman, Steven
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AVERAGE CHANGE
AVERAGE INCOME
BENCHMARKS
CONTROL GROUPS
COUNTERFACTUAL
CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INCOMES
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
LABOR INCOME
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOUR MARKETS
LOTTERIES
LOTTERY
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS
MARKET INCOME
MATCHING METHODS
MEAN INCOME
NATIONAL INCOME
0 HYPOTHESIS
PACIFIC ISLANDS
POLICY RESEARCH
PROGRAM EVALUATION
PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
PUBLIC POLICY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGRESSION RESULTS
SAMPLE SIZE
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT
SURVEY DESIGN
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT EFFECTS
WAGE INCOME
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759751/important-selection-experimental-versus-non-experimental-measures-income-gains-migration
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8679

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