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

International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the empirical growth …

making migration and FDI complements rather than substitutes in the long run. In this paper, we estimate the magnitude of … capital and migration stocks rather than flows. Regarding migrants, we distinguish the total and the skilled diasporas abroad …

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 …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … model is that we take into account the impact of migration on the local (rural) labor market. Migration is shown to decrease …

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …

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