subnational level. Using shocks to source country remittance outflows, we show that exogenous increases in remittances accessible … to the Sri Lankan subdistricts over the period of the conflict. Our main quantitative finding is that remittances had a … military strength of the Tamil Tigers than of the government. Remittances that favored the Tamil Tiger rebels may have …

We study migration in the right tail of the talent distribution using a novel dataset of Indian high school students … Technology (IIT). We find a high incidence of migration after students complete college: among the top 1,000 scorers on the exam …, for which we study migration after one university suddenly gained the IIT designation; and alumni networks, using …

studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … studies that focus on the United States to understand the effects of migration from poor to rich countries, our context is …

study return migration and the impact of skilled international migration on human capital stocks across countries. Return … migration is a common phenomenon, with 38% of skilled migrants returning to their origin countries within 10 years. Return … migration is significantly correlated with industry growth in the origin and destination countries, and is asymmetrically …

takes into account the flows of the skilled out of the country (the brain drain) as well as the remittances they bring into …

Between 1967 and 1974, a bilateral treaty increased circular labor migration from Malawi to South Africa by 200 …

Migration outflows, especially of young people, may deprive an economy of entrepreneurial energy and innovative ideas …