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 …

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This … sub-optimal. With an increase in globalization, the brain drain strategy will be replaced by the strategy of migration of … paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and …

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This … suboptimal. With an increase in globalization, the brain drain strategy will be replaced by the strategy of migration of students. … paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and …

social mobility. -- Brain drain ; Globalization ; Higher education ; Human capital ; Migration ; Mobility ; Bologna process …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 …

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. …

This paper sheds a new perspective on models of migration by integrating in a same structure the decisions about … education and work; and by incorporating return migration with "brain waste". Brain waste is defined as the depreciation, due to … migration, in the human capital acquired in the home country. This paper shows that brain waste, and return migration have …

highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …, international student mobility can be beneficial for all participants: migrating students and those who remain at home, as well as …

We analyze the internal mobility of university graduates in Switzerland. An empirically interesting question because … explaining graduate mobility, we find that top performing students return less often than do low performers. As a consequence the …