Abstract

Immigration From the Former Soviet Union to Israel: Who is Coming When?

Lilo Locher
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

European Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 6, December 2004

Abstract:
Average education of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel declined during the 1990s. We suggest that this is because the returns to investment in Israeli human capital increase in the amount of imported human capital. Thus, the more educated invest more, and therefore have an incentive to spend a longer share of their working life in Israel. This translates into early migration. Using data from the 1995 Israeli Census and the 1995-1998 samples of the Israeli Labor Force Survey, we test our hypothesis and find that being high skilled initiates early migration only for migrants participating in the labor market.

Keywords: Migration decision, Human capital investment, Discrete duration model

JEL Classifications: J24, J61

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: June 22, 2005 ; Last revised: July 19, 2005

Suggested Citation

Locher, Lilo, Immigration From the Former Soviet Union to Israel: Who is Coming When?. European Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 6, December 2004. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=740284

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