educational upgrading of emigrants after migration. We do so by combining our survey data on current, return and non-migrants with … substantial human capital gains from allowing free migration and encouraging return migration. …

future migration can positively impact educational attainment. According to our results, a 10pp increase in the probability … of own future migration may improve the average probability of completing intermediate secondary schooling by 8pp for … substantial human capital gains from lowering migration barriers. …

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. Although we estimate that the income gains from migration are very … different countries. Overall the data show a relatively limited role for income maximization in distinguishing migration …

-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from … innovative surveys which tracked academic high-achievers from five countries to wherever they moved in the world in order to … show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …

advantages of migration have been used to argue against this, but much of the discussion has been absent of evidence. This paper … between skilled and unskilled migration? 5) What makes brain drain more likely? 6) Does brain gain exist? 7) Do high …

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …

of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants’ education level, and source countries’ income … migration. Moreover, as predicted by our model, remittances increase with source countries’ level and rate of migration …