This chapter focuses on the effects of skilled migration on developing countries. We first present new evidence on the magnitude of the "brain drain" at the international level. Using a stylized model of education investment in a context of migration, we then survey the theoretical and empirical...

Recent changes in information and communication technologies (ICT) have contributed to a dramatic increase in the integration and interdependence of countries, markets and people. This paper focuses on an increasingly important aspect of globalization, the international movement of people, with...

Migration kann helfen, Armut zu reduzieren - dies umso mehr, je besser Migrations- und Entwicklungspolitik aufeinander abgestimmt werden. Vor allem müsse es gelingen, einen größeren Teil der Rücküberweisungen der Emigranten - immerhin über 200 Mrd. $ pro Jahr - in Bildung statt in Konsum...