Two trends in international migration flows have attracted much attention recently: (i) the growing feminisation of migration flows; and (ii) the increasing selectivity of migration towards the highly skilled, which in turn has given rise to renewed concerns about the "brain drain" consequences...

In Germany, long-term care is an important issue due to an aging population and shrinking social networks that result in a greater need for a public long-term care system. In 1995, the social long-term care insurance was introduced in Germany. Long-term care insurance funds are generally linked...

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native-born and foreign-born by skill level. Specifically, after introducing...