@unpublished{theses_frw3366, year = {2020}, title = {The Effects of Open Borders on Migrant Self-selection in the Netherlands}, author = {Arjan Kuiper}, url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3366/}, abstract = {Understanding migration is a key factor in both scientific modelling of the phenomenon and in policy regarding it. This research aims to research but one of the many factors influencing migration: Economic migrant self-selection. This research aims to establish a link between the economic success of a migrant and the country of origin of said migrant as a result of economic self-selection originating from the difficulty to migrate. Using the most recent version of the European Social Survey, no conclusive relation could be found.} }