Weltweit gibt es immer mehr ausländische Studenten und Wissenschaftler - in Deutschland sinkt jedoch deren Zahl. Mittels Fragebogenumfrage an deutschen Hochschulen ermittelte die Autorin Angaben zur Ist-Situation und stellt Empfehlungen zusammen, die Abhilfe schaffen sollen. Sie vergleicht die...

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...

In this paper, Rao tackles the reasons behind the increasing number and share of foreign students enrolled in Ph.D. economics programs in the U.S. The conventional argument of comparative advantage in U.S. graduate economics education fails to stand up under closer scrutiny. In addition to not...

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and presents a unified model, wherein the two migration...