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...

Should individuals migrate before acquiring education or after? In order to analyze the optimality of the timing of migration, I develop a model of migration, which combines the two migration decisions into a unique model - decisions about where to get an education and decision about where to...

A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....

The paper presents research findings on the return intentions of Turkish professionals residing abroad. The study uses a descriptive framework to establish the validity of several proposed models of non-return. The results are based on an internet survey of Turkish professionals abroad....