title: The probability of return migration, migrants' work effort, and migrants' performance.
abstract: "This paper demonstrates that differences in earnings between migrants and the native population may reflect differences in incentives rather than differences in characteristics.  The analysis indicates that in the presence of a positive probability of return migration, migrants' work effort is higher than that of comparable native-born workers.  This differential may explain why, even if all workers are perfectly homogeneous in skills, migrants often outperform the native-born workers in the receiving economy."
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Galor
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D007182:Income; D009042:Motivation; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Behavior; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Income; Migrants; Migration; Motivation; Nationality; Native-born; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Return Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; World