We compare the selective immigration policies in Australia, Canada and the United States over the twentieth century and as they exist today. We then review existing information about the link between selective immigration policy and immigration outcomes in the three countries. The literature...

In this paper, we model a developing economy in which individual decisions about education and migration are constrained by capital market imperfections (liquidity constraints). We examine the joint impact of brain drain and international remittances on human capital accumulation in the...

We study the long-run growth impact on the emigrants' country of origin of a change in immigration policy implemented by the host country. The policy change takes the form of an increase in the ratio of temporary to permanent visas issued. This policy change has two counteracting effects on the...

This paper presents a non-technical review of the recent theoretical and empirical literature on the growth effects of the brain drain in developing countries. It focuses on the central argument of the 'new brain drain literature', namely, that migration prospects may well foster human capital...

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from EU-countries are mainly complements to domestic high-skilled workers, workers from non-EU countries...