Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market
This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital. Bayesian learning is assessed, using panel data of wages from Bangkok, Thailand. It is found that (i) schooling returns are lower for...
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| description | This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital. Bayesian learning is assessed, using panel data of wages from Bangkok, Thailand. It is found that (i) schooling returns are lower for migrants than for natives, (ii) the accumulation of destination experience raises wages for migrants, (iii) the experience effect is greater for more educated agents and (iv) the complementarity increases as destination experience accumulates. The results imply that more educated migrants have higher learning efficiency and can perform tasks of greater complexity, ultimately yielding higher wage growth in the destination market. -- Author's Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1575652025-01-24T08:55:28Z Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market Yamauchi, Futoshi schools migrants labour market livelihoods rural urban relations remuneration education experiential learning This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital. Bayesian learning is assessed, using panel data of wages from Bangkok, Thailand. It is found that (i) schooling returns are lower for migrants than for natives, (ii) the accumulation of destination experience raises wages for migrants, (iii) the experience effect is greater for more educated agents and (iv) the complementarity increases as destination experience accumulates. The results imply that more educated migrants have higher learning efficiency and can perform tasks of greater complexity, ultimately yielding higher wage growth in the destination market. -- Author's Abstract 2004-08 2024-10-24T12:50:47Z 2024-10-24T12:50:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157565 en Limited Access Elsevier Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2004. Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market. Journal of Development Economics 74(2): 489-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.06.007 |
| spellingShingle | schools migrants labour market livelihoods rural urban relations remuneration education experiential learning Yamauchi, Futoshi Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title | Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title_full | Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title_fullStr | Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title_short | Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market |
| title_sort | are experience and schooling complementary evidence from migrants assimilation in the bangkok labor market |
| topic | schools migrants labour market livelihoods rural urban relations remuneration education experiential learning |
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