are heterogeneous in their migration costs. We find that the large countries can be destination of migrants for …

they send remittances to their parents back home. The model shows that an increase in the intensity of the brain drain …

This paper analyzes the impact of networks on the structure of international migration flows. In particular, we … the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the factors that influence the …

the net benefits of migration by reduc- ing assimilation costs (’self-selection channel’) and by lowering legal entry … elasticity of migration flows to network size is around one. Second, only a quarter of this elasticity is accounted for by the …

that congestion costs tend to inhibit free migration policies. …

natural experiment of international migration flows and establish that the environmental culture of migrants, as has been …

We analyse the effects of migration on the production of public goods, income taxes, and on the welfare of residents in … the sending and in the receiving country. Migration is based on income differences between countries. Different … alternative scenarios are considered. In the first, we assume fully flexible wages in both countries and we show that migration is …