states' citizens unleashed significant east-west migration flows in a labor market with more than half a billion people … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional … and economic factors. We first develop a simple framework of adjustment through migration of workers between labor markets …

their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further … implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select …

This paper makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international migration flows. First, we … compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering 15 OECD destination countries and 120 sending countries for … our destination countries over this period. Second, we extend the empirical model of migration choice across multiple …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … inherently multi-country nature of both migration and other forms of integration, such as international trade and remittance … and thus higher welfare, all else equal. Because of this effect, natives in countries that received a lot of migration …

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

, and would devote more attention to measuring the effects of migration on skilled-migrant households, rigorously estimating … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development …