title: Earnings adjustment of temporary migrants.
abstract: "The present paper shows that in the case of temporary migration the optimal investment into country specific human capital should be lower than in the case of permanent migration.  Investments may not be sufficient to allow migrants' earnings to catch up with those of native workers."  Earnings profiles of temporary migrants in West Germany are analyzed and compared with those of permanent migrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States.  Data concern the 1980s.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dustmann
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005860:Germany, West; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Australia; Canada; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Human Capital; Human Resources; Income; Income Distribution; International Migration; Labor Force; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; North America; Northern America; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Temporary Migration; Time Factors; United States; Western Europe