TY - UNPB
T1 - Return migration of foreign students
AU - Bijwaard, G.E.
AU - Wang, Qi
N1 - Reporting year: 2013
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Using unique administrative micro panel data, this paper presents a comprehensive empirical
analysis of the return of recent foreign students in The Netherlands. The life course
experiences of these students in the host, both on the labour market and in marriage
formation, impact their decision to leave. Using a “timing-of-events” model we estimate the
impact of these processes on the return intensity. The model allows for correlated
unobserved heterogeneity across the migration, the labour market and the marriage
formation processes. The large size of the data permits us to stratify the analysis by five
groups based on the country of birth. The empirical analyses reveal that employment induces
students to stay and unemployment induces them to leave. Forming a family in The
Netherlands makes the students more prone to stay. The size of the impact of these life
course experiences on return differs by age at entry and gender.
Keywords: student migration, timing of events method, labour dynamics, marriage
AB - Using unique administrative micro panel data, this paper presents a comprehensive empirical
analysis of the return of recent foreign students in The Netherlands. The life course
experiences of these students in the host, both on the labour market and in marriage
formation, impact their decision to leave. Using a “timing-of-events” model we estimate the
impact of these processes on the return intensity. The model allows for correlated
unobserved heterogeneity across the migration, the labour market and the marriage
formation processes. The large size of the data permits us to stratify the analysis by five
groups based on the country of birth. The empirical analyses reveal that employment induces
students to stay and unemployment induces them to leave. Forming a family in The
Netherlands makes the students more prone to stay. The size of the impact of these life
course experiences on return differs by age at entry and gender.
Keywords: student migration, timing of events method, labour dynamics, marriage
M3 - Working paper/Discussion paper
T3 - IZA discussion paper
BT - Return migration of foreign students
PB - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
CY - Bonn
ER -