view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. We … higher rates of brain drain than men. The gender gap in skilled migration is strongly correlated with the gender gap in …

The migration of skilled individuals from developing countries has typically been considered to be costly for the … migration. It argues that the sectoral aspects of migration and screening of migrants in the receiving country are of major …, duration of migration and the effect of diaspora populations, should be addressed in future empirical work on skilled migration. …

increase in the labor market demand for diverse sets of skills, have all contributed to the emergence of high-skilled migration … as a major issue. High-skilled migration is often discussed in narrow terms of "brain drain/brain gain", when both the … pattern of migration and its effects appear to be much more complex. However, our understanding of the effects of high skilled …

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …

somewhat controversial. The most recent literature has focused on the link between skilled out-migration and educational …