Life-cycle human capital accumulation across countries. Lessons from US immigrants.

Autor/inn/en	Lagakos, David; Moll, Benjamin; Porzio, Tommaso; Qian, Nancy; Schoellman, Todd
Titel	Life-cycle human capital accumulation across countries. Lessons from US immigrants. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Akkumulation von Humankapital im Lebensverlauf in verschiedenen Ländern. Erfahrungen mit Einwanderern in die USA.
Quelle	In: Journal of human capital, 12 (2018) 2, S. 305-342 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-8575; 1932-8664
DOI	10.1086/697245
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Einwanderungsland; Humankapital; Einkommenshöhe; China; El Salvador; Großbritannien; Guatemala; Indien; Kanada; Kuba; Mexiko; Philippinen; USA; Vietnam
Abstract	"This paper assesses cross-country variation in life-cycle human capital accumulation, using new evidence from US immigrants. The returns to experience accumulated in an immigrant's birth country before migrating are positively correlated with birth-country GDP per capita. To understand this fact, we build a model of life-cycle human capital accumulation that features three potential theories: differential human capital accumulation, differential selection, and differential skill loss. We use new data on the characteristics of immigrants and nonmigrants from a large set of countries to distinguish between these theories. The most likely theory is that immigrants from poor countries accumulate less human capital in their birth countries before migrating. Our findings imply that life-cycle human capital stocks are much larger in rich countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4