We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade where policy is determined by a simple referendum. In particular, we address two questions. First, are states already in free trade areas more likely to support full integration...

In this briefly note we extend the Mountford's article quot;Can a Brain Drain be good for growth in the source economy?quot; by introducing an active role of the government in the education decisions of the agent by public education, taxes and subsidies. First, we demonstrate that the main...

In this paper we study Brain Drain (BD) and Fiscal Competition (FC) in a unified framework for the European Union (EU) specific context. Potential mobility of educated workers can increase the degree of FC through taxation or the provision of public education. An increase in FC can be caused by...

Die zentrale Frage dieser Studie lautet, inwiefern die Wanderung hochqualifizierter Arbeitskräfte in Europa negative Wirkungen für die Zurückgebliebenen entfaltet. Während im Hinblick auf die langfristigen Wirkungen des sogenannten Brain Drains im Falle von Entwicklungsländern die...