Diferencial de ganhos entre migrantes e não migrantes em Minas Gerais.

Abstract

This study analyzes the causes of income differentials between migrants and non-migrants in the state of Minas Gerais. Quantile regressions are estimated and, with the results of these estimates, difference decompositions are performed, using the method by June, Murphy and Pierce. The results indicate that: i) there is income inequality in favor of migrants, having grown between 2000 and 2010; ii) differences are explained differently in each quantile; iii) unobserved effects are important to explain inequalities; iv) however, the two main sources of differences are: observed skills and greater return to migrants for these observed skills.