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 the income gains from migration. New Zealand allows a quota of Tongans to immigrate each year with a lottery to choose among the excess number of applicants...
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2006/05/01
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Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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WPS3906
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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How important is selection ? Experimental versus non-experimental measures of the income gains from migration
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migrant
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