Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we …-capital structure of current migration flows. Our analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational … various determinants of migration, we find diasporas increase migration flows, lower their average educational level and lead …

This paper looks at the impact of networks on international migration flows to OECD countries. In particular, we look … at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both …, unlike the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the respective factors …

the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs ('self-selection' channel) and increase … externality is strong: the elasticity of migration flows to network size is around one. Second, only a quarter of this elasticity …

This paper analyses the effects of education signals for Ethnic Germans and Germans without a migration background … (Native Germans"). We base our analysis on a sorting model with productivity enhancing effects of education. We compare … Native Germans with the same formal education level. This empirical analysis is done with a completely new dataset based on …

productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence …

We analyze perceptions of international applicability of one's education and migration aspirations and intentions among … education least internationally applicable. Perceived international applicability strongly predicts migration aspirations and … those not studying law, hours spent studying are increasing with perceived international applicability of one's education …

migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of … subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not the lagged endogenous variable is included. The relationship is robust to …

Migration between countries with earnings-related and flat-rate pay-as-you-go social security systems may change human … country with flat-rate benefits may reduce their investment in education. With suitably planned transfers between the two … countries, allowing for migration may generate a Paretoimprovement for all current and future generations. Without transfers …

education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and …