Recent evidence suggests that aid induces migration. This result is nevertheless not very informative from a policy … perspective since what counts in terms of welfare consequences is the composition of migration. In this paper we focus on … education and study which of skilled or unskilled migration is more sensitive to aid. More specifically we investigate the …

Migrant scientists outperform domestic scientists. The result persists after instrumenting migration for reasons of … work or study with migration in childhood to minimize the effect of selection. The results are consistent with theories of …

highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …

Recent research suggests that the welfare gains that would result from removing restrictions on international migration … are large. The long-run impact of a higher level of international migration on the global economy is potentially even … empirically. We estimate regression models of 1950–2010 decadal growth in most countries of the world and show that a country …