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Migrant-family background and subjective well-being: Evidence using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition

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  • Edsel L Beja

    (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)

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The paper examines the subjective well-being of individuals with migrant-family background and individuals with no migrant-family background. The subjective well-being of the former group is on average lowerthan thelatter group. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositionfinds that thegap in their subjective well-being is not explainedby differences in socioeconomic profile and socialcontext.Rather thegap ismainly due tothe unexplained componentof theanalysis, which the paperinterpretsintwoways.First,theunexplainedcomponentrepresentsthelatent social biases against individualswithmigrant heritage.Second,the unexplained component also represents the overall effect ofpersonality, attitude, and migrant culture on the subjective well-being of individuals with migrant heritage.

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  • Edsel L Beja, 2018. "Migrant-family background and subjective well-being: Evidence using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 15(3), pages 398-408, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:15:y:2018:i:3:p:398-408
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    1. Beja, Edsel Jr., 2019. "Consumer Expectations Survey and Quarterly Social Weather Survey: Evidence of Convergent Validity and Causality," MPRA Paper 101074, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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