researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the brainy Italians exhibit a higher predicted probability to go to the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …

, Portugal is preferred to the UK which is preferred more than Belgium, Germany and Italy. Brainy Africans are, however …

hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …

immigration studies have overemphasized the role played by differences in the distributions of countries' wages and skills … characteristics. -- Immigration ; developing country ; self-selection …

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an … predictions. -- Immigration ; gender ; selection ; border enforcement …