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- Title
Self-selection and interprovisional migration in Canada.
- Authors
Robinson, Chris; Tomes, Nigel
- Abstract
The estimated returns to migration based on comparisons of the wages of movers with those of similar stayers may be biased, owing to self-selection. Using 1971 Census microdata we find evidence of self-selection in the wage equations and estimate selectivity-corrected wages individuals could have earned as movers and stayers. Structural probit equations are estimated with and without selection. These equations are equivalent to the 'human capital' migration regressions of previous aggregate studies. We find that, taking into account selectivity, individual migration depends on the potential wage gains; language influences migration consistent with an information hypothesis; and additional education increases the mobility of most groups but reduces the mobility of Quebec francophones. Ignoring selectivity, on the other hand, eliminates the role of potential wage gains in individual migration.
- Subjects
CANADA; INTERNAL migration; WAGES; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1982, Vol 15, Issue 3, p474
- ISSN
0008-4085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/134762