Selective out-migration and the estimation of immigrants' earnings profiles

This chapter focuses on the literature that estimates counterfactual career profiles of immigrants. It provides evidence on the scale of temporary migrations and their possibly selective character and explains in detail the methodological problems involved in estimating immigrant outcome profiles in the presence of selective outmigration. The chapter outlines the various ways in which to address these issues and provides an overview of the literature that estimates immigrant earnings profiles while accounting for the temporariness of many migrations.