Welcome to the United States: Self-selection of Puerto Rican Migrants
| dc.contributor.author | Li, Kathryn Haiying | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-18T13:06:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-18T13:06:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04-18 | |
| dc.department | Economics | |
| dc.description.abstract | I analyze the characteristics of Puerto Rican migrants and non-migrants to make two contributions to existing literature: (1) The empirical analysis demonstrates that contrary to previous studies done on only working men, the 1990 data inclusive of women and non-working individuals actually support a positive self-selection in which highly skilled Puerto Ricans migrate to the U.S. The 2000 results, however, do provide strong support for negative self-selection in which the less skilled migrate. (2) The predicted, counterfactual wages for migrant and non-migrant counterparts reveal that wage differentials are not the only consideration in their decision to migrate. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10161/3544 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Self-selection, Roy Model, Migrant, Puerto Rico | |
| dc.title | Welcome to the United States: Self-selection of Puerto Rican Migrants | |
| dc.type | Honors thesis |