Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...

Die zentrale Frage dieser Studie lautet, inwiefern die Wanderung hochqualifizierter Arbeitskräfte in Europa negative Wirkungen für die Zurückgebliebenen entfaltet. Während im Hinblick auf die langfristigen Wirkungen des sogenannten Brain Drains im Falle von Entwicklungsländern die...

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...