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Rationing as a Determinant of Immigrant Composition and Outcomes

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Willingness to migrate is a necessary but not sufficient condition for migration from an origin to destination country. For the United States and other countries with an excess supply of immigrants, the slot-rationing rule is a key determinant of immigrant composition not captured by supply-based models. A stylized rationing-based model better explains the attainment of immigrants in both the United States and Sweden with the model's two variables explaining over 50 percent of the variation in origin country education attainment and earnings.

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  • Edward P. Lazear, 2020. "Rationing as a Determinant of Immigrant Composition and Outcomes," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 335-339, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:110:y:2020:p:335-39
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201089
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    JEL classification:

    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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