This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration byeducational attainment. We …

capital. Yet a strictly positive probability of migration to a richer country, by raising both the level of human capital … migration policy the welfare of all workers is higher than in the absence of this policy. …

in their effective hours of labor when they move to the United States; (iii) migration reduces inequality, more …

international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is … twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part of the migration literature that is concerned with the …

endogenous international migration into a simple growth model. As a result the dynamics of the economy can feature some …

migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium model of migration, human capital and social … natives. Trade and both migration solutions reduce inequality between the populations of the two countries by the same amount …. In addition, trade and migration are not equivalent if social capital is present: the highest welfare is obtained with …

the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …