to education. While the empirical basis is still thin, the results suggest that Signaling contributes at most about 25 …% to the observed returns to education. …

This dissertation focuses on three different questions in the field of education, using the method of theoretical …

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