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This paper sheds a new perspective on models of migration by integrating in a same structure the decisions about … education and work; and by incorporating return migration with "brain waste". Brain waste is defined as the depreciation, due to … migration, in the human capital acquired in the home country. This paper shows that brain waste, and return migration have …
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Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet, before the COVID-19 pandemic, student visa applicants already faced an approximately 27 percent refusal rate that varies by time and region. Using data on the universe of SAT takers...
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, and would devote more attention to measuring the effects of migration on skilled-migrant households, rigorously estimating … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development. …
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outdated because it fails to reflect modern economic research on the complex effects of skilled migration on overseas …
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effects of skilled migration. It then proposes a new kind of ex ante public-private agreement to link skill formation and … skilled migration for the mutual benefit of origin countries, destination countries, and migrants: ‘Global Skill Partnerships …
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account for selection processes to and from universities, because neglecting mobility prior to labor market entry is likely to …
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We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home … order to increase their chances of obtaining a job in the host country after migration. Thus, all home country students may …
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Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...
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before they migrate — linking skill creation and skill mobility. Such designs can learn from the experience of the Australian … creation, but has not attained its goal of skill mobility. This paper establishes and explains this finding, and draws lessons … for future initiatives that may seek to link skill creation with higher levels of skill mobility …
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This paper revisits the question of how brain drain affects the optimal education policy of a developing economy. Our framework of analysis highlights the complementarity between public spending on education and students' efforts to acquire human capital in response to career opportunities at...
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