title: Migrant selectivity and returns to skills: the case of Taiwanese immigrants in the United States.
abstract: "This article examines the selection of international migration from Taiwan to the United States in terms of the skills and abilities of emigrants. Micro data from Taiwan and the U.S. are used to test Borjas' self-selection model (1987).... Based on the assumption that emigrants choose to move to the destination that can maximize their expected lifetime earnings and provide higher returns to their human capital, Heckman (1979) developed a two-stage method that allows one to correct the problem of selectivity bias and to estimate directions of the selection on the basis of observed characteristics (the levels of skills or education) and unobserved characteristics (innate ability or motivation) for both emigrants and non-emigrants." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D002681:China; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013624:Taiwan; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Asia; Behavior; China; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Immigrants; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Taiwan; United States