Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In … middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in … Brazil as many people move out as into metropolitan cities and they mostly move to mid-sized towns. The author estimates the …

Empirical evidence suggests that the social effects of internal migration may be substantially different from those … migration on crime with longitudinal data from Brazilian microregiões. Using local labour demand shocks in the manufacturing … sector as an instrument for migratory flows, I find that a 10 per cent increase in the in-migration rate translates into a 6 …

This paper aims to assess the role of migration as an adjustment mechanism device to favor convergence across states … net migration rate and apply spatial econometric methodology in order to distinguish the effect from the neighbouring … regions. We provide descriptive statistical evidence showing that Russia has more/less/the same intense migration flows than …

This paper aims to assess the role of migration as an adjustment mechanism device to favor convergence across states … net migration rate and apply spatial econometric methodology in order to distinguish the effect from the neighbouring … regions. We provide descriptive statistical evidence showing that Russia has more/less/the same intense migration flows than …

retaining international students. Empirical evidence suggests that concerns about brain drain - that is, the emigration of … highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …, international student mobility can be beneficial for all participants: migrating students and those who remain at home, as well as …

We study the impact of international migration on enrollment of the left-behinds in Albania using the 2008 and 2012 …-variable approach. We find that migration has a negative and significant impact on enrollment in both waves. This result holds across … different sub-samples and alternative ways to proxy within-household migration. Our findings strengthen results for previous …

and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …

and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …

and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …