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 the current world to a counterfactual with the same number of migrants …

that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …High-skilled workers are four times more likely to migrate than low-skilled workers. This skill bias in migration … sending and receiving countries. In a calibrated multi-country model, we compare the current world to a counterfactual with …

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This … paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and … presents a unified model, wherein the two migration decisions are combined into a single, unique model. This paper shows that …

Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among …