This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth …

source and five destination countries we find selective migration determined by relative anthropometric inequality in source …

different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …

country. A higher permanent migration probability of these students appears to be a brain drain for the developing country in … long as the permanent migration probability is not too large, this positive effect causes both aggregate and per …

This article analyzes the effect of migration from a less advanced economy to a more advanced economy on economic … are incorporated. The model shows that out-migration increases fertility and reduces human capital in the source economy …. At the same time, in-migration reduces fertility and can increase or decrease the average level of human capital in the …

receive stochastic opportunities to migrate to an entrant. They can accept a migration opportunity or wait for a future … opportunity. In some circumstances, users have incentives to delay migration until others have migrated. If they all do so, no … migration takes place, even when migration would have been Pareto-superior. This provides an endogenous micro-foundation for …

International migration flows largely reflect demographic patterns and economic opportunities. Migration flows increase … unemployment, low wages, and high population growth. Migration flows decrease in the geographic and cultural distance between the … potential origin and destination, and in other migration costs. To the extent that migrants are employed, immigration can …