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Title: Welcome to the United States: Self-selection of Puerto Rican Migrants

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2011

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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.

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Authors: Haiying Li, Kathryn

Institution: Duke University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Dr. Seth Sanders

Degree: Honors

Publisher Location: Durham, NC

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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