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The importance of education-occupation matching in migration decisions.
- Source :
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Demography [Demography] 2005 Feb; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 153-67. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- In this article, we present and test a model that incorporates education-occupation matching into the migration decision. The literature on education-occupation matching shows that earnings are affected by how individuals' education matches that required by their occupation. Accordingly, individuals with more schooling than required by their occupation have an additional incentive to migrate: the increase in earnings that occurs with a more beneficial education-occupation match. Using data from Mexico, we found statistical support for the importance of education-occupation matching in migration decisions. Education-occupation matching provides a plausible explanation for the mixed findings in the literature on the relationship between educational attainment and migration.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Income classification
Interviews as Topic
Marital Status
Mexican Americans education
Mexico
Middle Aged
Residence Characteristics
United States
Decision Making
Educational Status
Emigration and Immigration
Mexican Americans psychology
Occupations classification
Occupations economics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0070-3370
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Demography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15782900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2005.0008