We consider a model of international migration where skills of workers are imperfectly observed by firms in the host … one, workers in the South decide whether to move and pay the migration costs. These costs are assumed to be sunk. In the … whether to migrate or not depends on the proportion of high-skilled workers among the migrants. The migration game exhibits …

We study human capital depletion and formation in an economy open to out-migration, as opposed to an economy which is … structure of incentives can give rise to a brain gain in conjunction with a brain drain. Migration by high-skill members of its … workforce notwithstanding, the home country can end up with a higher average level of human capital per worker. --- migration …

not. The paper shows that a marginal prospect of migration by engineers increases human capital accumulation of both types … consequence of the said prospect of migration, including the engineers who lose the migration "lottery", and even the individuals … who practice law. -- Heterogeneous human capital ; Differential externality effects ; Migration of educated workers …

not. The paper shows that a marginal prospect of migration by engineers increases human capital accumulation of both types … consequence of the said prospect of migration, including the engineers who lose the migration "lottery," and even the individuals … who practice law. -- Heterogeneous human capital ; Differential externality effects ; Migration of educated workers …

perspective of international migration, that is, by the possibility of a “brain drain.” In addition, the analysis shows that a … migration ; Human capital formation ; "Educated unemployment" ; Beneficial brain drain …

There is an increasing trend in the pattern of world migration of educated and skilled individuals leaving developing … comparisons to previous periods of globalisation, by examining the theoretical analyses of migration and the brain drain, by …

This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment …