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 …

This article analyzes the effect of migration from a less advanced economy to a more advanced economy on economic … are incorporated. The model shows that out-migration increases fertility and reduces human capital in the source economy …. At the same time, in-migration reduces fertility and can increase or decrease the average level of human capital in the …

origin countries, it also induces positive effects through various channels such as remittances, return migration, diaspora … praise the unambiguous benefits of unskilled migration for developing countries, my analysis suggests that a limited but …

focus on migration. The fact that knowledge diffusion requires direct human interaction implies that the international … diffusion of knowledge should follow the pattern of international migration. This is what this paper documents. Our main finding … is that migration, and particularly skilled immigration, is a strong and robust driver of productive knowledge diffusion …