Self-Selection of Return Migrants in Brazil and Inequality

Self-Selection of Return Migrants in Brazil and Inequality

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This paper investigates self-selection of returnees migrants in Brazil, from 2001 to 2010.We find evidence of the impact WILD OATS of inequality on selfselection through two opposing channels.First, migrations costs prevent low-skilled individuals from emigrating, which support positive selection.This selection is accentuated in locations with high inequality.Secondly, we find that low-skilled individuals have wage incentives to emigrate from states with relative high inequality, implying a negative impact on PURE PRUNE selection.

All in all, we find more important effects of migration costs, with the predominance of positive selection.