Comment on Migration Patterns and Income Change: Implications for the Human Capital Approach to Migration

Comment on Migration Patterns and Income Change: Implications for the Human Capital Approach to Migration

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In a recent article, Yezer and Thurston note that estimates of income differentials received by migrants that compare their post-migration wages to those of nonmigrants at either origin or destination may be biased because they do not incorporate the experience of migrants who did not remain at the destination. However, this is not the only selectivity bias to which such comparisons are subject.