International migration is maybe the single most effective way to alleviate global poverty. When a given host country … individuals and governments who care about world poverty. This implies that the existing international migration regime is … inefficient as it fails to internalize such externality. In addition, host countries quite often restrict immigration due to its …

of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …

the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs (‘self-selection’ channel) and increase … the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs (‘immigration policy’ channel …Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect …