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International Migration as Occupational Mobility: The Case of Germany
Lillard, Dean R. | Manzoni, Anna
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 133 (2013), Iss. 2 : pp. 263–273
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Dean R. Lillard, The Ohio State University, Institute for Population Research, Rm 060 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Ave Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University, 2400 Founders Dr, Raleigh, NC 27695-8107, USA.
Abstract
We investigate whether Germans immigrants to the US work in higher-status occupations than they would have had they remained in Germany. We account for potential bias from selective migration. The probability of migration is identified using life-cycle and cohort variation in economic conditions in the US. We also explore whether occupational choices vary for Germans who migrated as children or as adults. Our results allow us to decompose observed differences in occupational status of migrants and non migrants into the part explained by selection effects and the part that is causal, extending the literature on international migration.