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 …

Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which …

Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We develop a unified brain … drain model that incorporates the decisions of an individual vis - à - vis both education and migration. In the empirical …

professionals residing abroad. In the migration literature, wage differentials are often cited as an important factor explaining … skilled migration. The findings of our study suggest, however, that non-pecuniary factors, such as the importance of family … respondents also appear less likely to return indicating a more selective migration process for females. …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

endogenous international migration into a simple growth model. As a result the dynamics of the economy can feature some …

Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a unified brain … drain model that incorporates the decisions of an individual related to migration vis-à-vis both education and work. In the …

migration, I develop a model of migration, which combines the two migration decisions into a unique model - decisions about … solution. But, when we incorporate "brain waste" and "return migration", then it is optimal to migrate when young. …

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the …