dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human … capital formation response to the prospect of migration is gradual; by studying the impact of such formation on economic … growth and welfare; by working out the consequences of the migration of parents for the wellbeing of their children; by …

We study the effect of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath on migration intentions of the Egyptian youth. We … Database of the Egyptian Revolution Wikithawra and combine it with data on migration intentions from the Harmonized Survey of … Young People in Egypt (HSYPE). Difference-in-difference estimations show that the revolution significantly decreased the …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …? These two questions are examined empirically in Egypt, Turkey and Morocco for households with family members living abroad …, receipt of remittances may contribute to new flows of migration, in particular in the case of Morocco. …

highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …

We study the relationship between migration and childrenś education in Tajikistan - one of the poorest and most … effect. Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly detrimental to school attendance …

The global city thesis and the migration thesis concern two important dimensions of the impacts of contemporary … globalization on cities. The two theses are intrinsically linked. The central question is how we should approach migration in the … construct an integrative analytical framework linking global city and migration, and empirically apply it to Sydney. We build a …