On asymmetric migration patterns from developing countries

Acharyya, Rajat, Kar, Saibal

This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local wages seems to be crucial in driving such results. The asymmetric changes in skilled and unskilled wages generate counterintuitive outcomes regardless of the policy shock that triggers such wage effect. One of the more compelling outcomes is rise in wage inequality as influenced by asymmetric emigration patterns.

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Acharyya, Rajat ; Kar, Saibal
Publisher:	Maastricht : Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Subject:	Trade \| emigration \| skilled labour \| specific factor \| remittances \| tax \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Rücküberweisungen \| Remittances \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Internationale Migration \| International migration \| Auswanderung \| Emigration \| Fachkräfte \| Skilled labour \| Brain Drain \| Brain drain \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification