Immigrant Selection in the OECD*
研究了70个来源国和21个OECD目的地国移民的教育选择性，发现技能溢价的影响受来源国贫困约束，文化相似性、殖民历史和地理距离比工资激励或选择性移民政策更重要。
Abstract In this paper, we examine the determinants of educational selectivity in immigration using immigrant stock data for 70 source countries and 21 OECD destination countries, as observed in the year 2000/2001. We develop a variant of the Roy model to estimate the determinants of educational selectivity. Two key findings emerge. First, the effect of the skill premium, which is at the core of the Roy model, can be observed only after we take into account the poverty constraints operating in the source countries. Second, cultural similarities, colonial legacies, and physical distance are often more important determinants of educational selectivity than wage incentives or selective immigration policy.