Immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel: Who is coming when?

被引:3
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作者
Locher, L [1 ]
机构
[1] Monopolkommission, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
关键词
migration decision; human capital investment; discrete duration model;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00049-7
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Average education of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel declined during the 1990s. We suggest that this is because the returns to investment in Israeli human capital increase in the amount of imported human capital. Thus, the more educated invest more, and therefore have an incentive to spend a longer share of their working life in Israel. This translates into early migration. Using data from the 1995 Israeli Census and the 1995-1998 samples of the Israeli Labor Force Survey, we test our hypothesis and find that being high skilled initiates early migration only for migrants participating in the labor market. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1243 / 1255
页数:13
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