emigration increases wages in the sending country but only for non-emigrants with substitutable skills similar to those of … affects labor markets in sending countries, particularly the wages of workers who do not emigrate. Most studies find that … country loses many highly educated workers, the economy can become less productive altogether, leading to lower wages for …

unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for … stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in …

, especially when it comes to the debate on the effects of immigration on the employment and wages of natives in high … should be directed towards emigration. Using a new dataset on migration flows by education levels for the period 1990 …-2000, the results show the following: First, immigration had zero to small positive long-run effect on the average wages of …