Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

In this paper we consider how international migration is related to the frequency and duration of trips to the home … country. For many migrants, international migration triggers a series of trips to visit the home country that allow for a …

ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly …-household migration to high-wage jobs in Korea. This allows unusually reliable measurement of the reduced-form effect of these overseas …

Using a simple theoretical model, we show that the level of migration costs relative to wealth determines the form of … the relation between income and migration intentions, which can be monotonically decreasing, increasing, or inverse U …€”we show that migration intentions do indeed respond to individual wealth, and that the patterns differ across the country …

Using a simple theoretical model, we show that the level of migration costs relative to wealth determines the form of … the relation between income and migration intentions, which can be monotonically decreasing, increasing, or inverse U … that migration intentions do indeed respond to individual wealth, and that the patterns differ across the country groups …

Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe … Ecuadorian migrants: the US and Spain. First, we provide a careful description of the main characteristics of migration flows … countries, and attempt to reconcile the features of migration flows with our predictions for earnings by destination. We find …

, education, income levels, and duration abroad. We construct the most comprehensive remittance database on immigrants in the OECD …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …

costs through the role of migration networks, we generate the same result via intergenerational wealth accumulation. …We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …