Temporary Migration and Wages of Ph.D.s. Stay Longer or Come Back Sooner?

Authors

  • Marco Di Cintio Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia - University of Salento
  • Emanuele Grassi Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia - University of Salento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v17i1.6084

Keywords:

back movers, education, high-skilled migrants, international returnees, selectivity, self-selection, human capital, wage-premia

Abstract

This paper examines the wage implications of temporary migration for two cohorts of Italian Ph.D.s. Special attention is given to the duration of the international experience, its contribution to earned wages and the selectivity of returnees. Returnees are found to be a self-selected group whose unobservable characteristics are simultaneously associated with both higher wages and a higher propensity to migrate. Moreover, we find positive returns for those who stay longer and negative returns for those who come back sooner. The results are confirmed in several robustness and sensitivity checks.

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Published

2025-03-16

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025)

Section

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Copyright (c) 2025 Marco Di Cintio, Emanuele Grassi

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