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Journal Article
RETURN MIGRANT STATUS AND INCOME ATTAINMENT IN PUERTO RICO
1993
Overview
Human capital theories of migration suggest that return migrants have greater potential for economic success than others in the labour force. This paper questions the premise that the migration experience operates as a human capital asset in the income attainment process, focusing on persons residing in Puerto Rico in 1980. The findings indicate that differences in income levels by migration status do not substantiate the hypotheses suggested by the human capital perspective. Instead, return migrant status was found to have small negative effects on earnings. Furthermore, we found no appreciable indirect effects of return migrant status on earnings, as measured through differences in the returns to human capital for returnees and nonmigrants. Las teoriás de migración del capital humano sugieren que los migrantes que regresan al país tienen una mayor posibilidad de éxito económico que el resto de la fuerza laboral. Esta monografía cuestiona la premisa de que la experiencia migratoria constituye un activo para el capital humano en el proceso de obtención del ingreso, utilizando como foco de estudio personas residentes en Puerto Rico en 1980. Las observaciones indican que las diferencias en los niveles de ingreso de los migrantes no corrobora la hipótesis sugerida por la perspectiva del capital humano. Por el contrario, se descubrió que la situación de los migrantes que regresan al país reflejaba un deterioro en las ganancias. Además, no observamos ningún efecto indirecto significativo en las ganancias de los migrantes que retornaron al país, según mediciones comparativas entre las ganancias registradas por los migrantes que regresaron al país y los que no emigraron. Les théories de capital humain de la migration suggèrent que les immigrés de retour sont plus prometteurs de succès économique que d'autres de la main d'oeuvre. Cet article met en doute la prémise que l'expérience de migration fonctionne comme un bien de capital humain dans le processus d'acquérir des revenus, concentrant sur les personnes qui résidaient à Porto Rico en 1980. Les résultats signalent que les différences entre les niveaux de revenus par la situation de migration ne justifient pas l'hypothèse suggérée par la perspective de capital humain. Plutôt, on a trouvé que la situation d'immigrés de retour a peu d'effets négatifs sur les salaires. De plus, on n'a pas trouvé d'effets indirects appréciables de la situation d'immigré de retour sur les salaires, comme mesuré par les différences dans les rapports au capital humain pour les immigrés de retour et les non-immigrés.
