Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the human agent . Migration and … at many stages of an individual's migration. Differential returns to skills in origin and destination country are a main … driver of migration. The economic success of the immigrant in the destination country is to a large extent determined by his …

then illustrate the consequences both types of temporary migration have for migrants' behaviour (as opposed to a permanent … migration). If migrations are non-permanent, then this has also consequences for the way empirical models need to be specified … with permanent migration intentions. …