Table 4.

Effect of High-Skilled Emigration Rates on Wage Differences between Countries when Migrants Change from the 80th Percentile to the 50th Percentile

Dependent variable: RelWage80to50ij,t
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
SMigij,t0.1963*** (0.0511)0.5774*** (0.1464)0.2006** (0.0822)0.5722*** (0.1421)0.1707** (0.0751)0.6249*** (0.2097)0.4626 (0.3889)
SMigij,t-10.1461** (0.0679)
UMigij,t-15.5716*** (2.0616)5.8135*** (2.1127)3.3417 (4.4442)
Other controlsYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Origin FEYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Adj. R20.83550.83530.83610.83810.83640.83840.83630.8382
N10101010101010101010101010101010
F-Test (first stage)--25.0968.4424.7469.0715.9118.73
J-Test----0.86170.81570.80150.7719
Instruments used--TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + Contigij
Dependent variable: RelWage80to50ij,t
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
SMigij,t0.1963*** (0.0511)0.5774*** (0.1464)0.2006** (0.0822)0.5722*** (0.1421)0.1707** (0.0751)0.6249*** (0.2097)0.4626 (0.3889)
SMigij,t-10.1461** (0.0679)
UMigij,t-15.5716*** (2.0616)5.8135*** (2.1127)3.3417 (4.4442)
Other controlsYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Origin FEYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Adj. R20.83550.83530.83610.83810.83640.83840.83630.8382
N10101010101010101010101010101010
F-Test (first stage)--25.0968.4424.7469.0715.9118.73
J-Test----0.86170.81570.80150.7719
Instruments used--TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + Contigij

Note: All dependent variables are expressed in logs and represent relative differences between countries j and i. SMigij,t (UMigij,t-1) denotes the stock of high- (low-) skilled emigrants from country i living in country j divided by the stock of high- (low-) skilled residents in i. All estimations include RelInvestij,t-1, RelUrbanij,t-1, RelPrimSchoolij,t-1 and RelTertSchoolij,t-1 as additional control variables. TotalMigij,t-1, Distij, ComLangij, and Contigij represent the share of the emigrant population from country i living in country j, the distance between i and j, whether i and j share a common language, and whether i and j have a common border, respectively. Robust clustered standard errors are in parentheses. *** indicates a significance level below 1 percent; ** indicates a significance level between 1 and 5 percent; * indicates significance level between 5 and 10 percent.

Table 4.

Effect of High-Skilled Emigration Rates on Wage Differences between Countries when Migrants Change from the 80th Percentile to the 50th Percentile

Dependent variable: RelWage80to50ij,t
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
SMigij,t0.1963*** (0.0511)0.5774*** (0.1464)0.2006** (0.0822)0.5722*** (0.1421)0.1707** (0.0751)0.6249*** (0.2097)0.4626 (0.3889)
SMigij,t-10.1461** (0.0679)
UMigij,t-15.5716*** (2.0616)5.8135*** (2.1127)3.3417 (4.4442)
Other controlsYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Origin FEYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Adj. R20.83550.83530.83610.83810.83640.83840.83630.8382
N10101010101010101010101010101010
F-Test (first stage)--25.0968.4424.7469.0715.9118.73
J-Test----0.86170.81570.80150.7719
Instruments used--TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + Contigij
Dependent variable: RelWage80to50ij,t
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
SMigij,t0.1963*** (0.0511)0.5774*** (0.1464)0.2006** (0.0822)0.5722*** (0.1421)0.1707** (0.0751)0.6249*** (0.2097)0.4626 (0.3889)
SMigij,t-10.1461** (0.0679)
UMigij,t-15.5716*** (2.0616)5.8135*** (2.1127)3.3417 (4.4442)
Other controlsYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Origin FEYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Adj. R20.83550.83530.83610.83810.83640.83840.83630.8382
N10101010101010101010101010101010
F-Test (first stage)--25.0968.4424.7469.0715.9118.73
J-Test----0.86170.81570.80150.7719
Instruments used--TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1TotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,t-1 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + ContigijTotalMigij,1960 + Distij + ComLangij + Contigij

Note: All dependent variables are expressed in logs and represent relative differences between countries j and i. SMigij,t (UMigij,t-1) denotes the stock of high- (low-) skilled emigrants from country i living in country j divided by the stock of high- (low-) skilled residents in i. All estimations include RelInvestij,t-1, RelUrbanij,t-1, RelPrimSchoolij,t-1 and RelTertSchoolij,t-1 as additional control variables. TotalMigij,t-1, Distij, ComLangij, and Contigij represent the share of the emigrant population from country i living in country j, the distance between i and j, whether i and j share a common language, and whether i and j have a common border, respectively. Robust clustered standard errors are in parentheses. *** indicates a significance level below 1 percent; ** indicates a significance level between 1 and 5 percent; * indicates significance level between 5 and 10 percent.

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