%L theses_frw3366 %A Arjan Kuiper %T The Effects of Open Borders on Migrant Self-selection in the Netherlands %D 2020 %X 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.