Francielli Tonet Maciel

The aim of this study was to check the occurrence of income differentials between migrants and non-migrants, that is, if there is phenomenon of self-selection among internal migrants in Brazil, with emphasis on the effect of migration time. This application has been extended to capture the differences by host region, and the impact on regional income distribution. The method consists of estimating a mincerian regression for the logarithm of income, using data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) for the year 2009. In Brazil, the income of migrants is 4.8% higher than non-migrants and considering the time of migration, the income of people who migrated less than 10 years is on average 11% higher and those who migrated 10 years ago or more, 2.7% higher, that is, there is positive selection among migrants. Among the regions only Southeast presented no selection of migrants, however, when the time is considered, in all regions the most recent migrants are selected positively. As a result, it was found that the migration time influences not only on income differentials but also on regional income inequality. The effect of migration in the last decade on the income distribution among states and regions is positive, and a possible explanation for this fact is the difference between the observable characteristics of the migrant population compared with those of non-migrant population for each region particularly