This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of intercontinental migration over the past four … centuries. It begins with a review of the history of primarily trans-Atlantic migration to the New World during the period of … Colonial settlement. The contract and coerced migration from Europe and Africa gave way, from the 18th century, to an era of …

are not related to unemployment benefit generosity. This suggests that the so-called welfare migration debate is misguided …

Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among …

increase in the labor market demand for diverse sets of skills, have all contributed to the emergence of high-skilled migration … as a major issue. High-skilled migration is often discussed in narrow terms of ?brain drain/brain gain?, when both the … pattern of migration and its effects appear to be much more complex. However, our understanding of the effects of high skilled …

somewhat controversial. The most recent literature has focused on the link between skilled out-migration and educational …

This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. We … higher rates of brain drain than men. The gender gap in skilled migration is strongly correlated with the gender gap in …

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …

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 …