Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates - and among which groups - is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highlyeducated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage of...

Stylized facts show that migrants more often face overqualified employment than natives. As shown by previous research, one third of the employed foreign born with tertiary education in the EU-15 are overqualified, with levels reaching up to 57.6%, compared to 20.9% among natives. Among the...

Global migration is heavily skill-biased, with tertiary-educated workers being four times more likely to migrate than workers with a lower education. In this paper, we quantify the global impact of this skill bias in migration. Based on a quantitative multi-country model with trade, we compare...

Mit diesem Tagungsband "brain drain oder brain circulation?" werden ausgewählte Vorträge einer breiteren Fachöffentlichkeit vorgestellt, die im Rahmen des gleichnamigen Workshops am 9. und 10. November 2006 in Halle (Saale) vor etwa 70 Teilnehmern gehalten und diskutiert wurden. Gemeinsame...