In this paper we model the migration decisions of high-skilled women as a function of the benefits associated with … moving from an origin with relatively low women's rights to a destination with a relatively high level of women's rights …. However, the costs faced by women are decreasing in the level of women's rights provided. The model predicts a non …

into account the fact that women still face an unequal access to tertiary education in many less developed countries, it … appears that women are over-represented in the brain drain. This result is reinforced by econometric estimates showing that … emigration of highly skilled women is higher, the poorer is their country of origin. This effect is also observed for men but to …

Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia … importation": the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a cultural norm that leads to a low net surplus of marriage … for educated women. We provide empirical evidence supporting our theoretical model and its implications, using datasets …

sending and receiving countries. In a calibrated multi-country model, we compare the current world to a counterfactual with … that more – not less – high-skilled migration would increase world welfare …

. Our data set can be used to capture the recent trend in women's brain drain and to analyze its causes and consequences for … developing countries. We show that women represent an increasing share of the OECD immigration stock and exhibit relatively … educational attainment at origin. Equating women's and men's access to education would probably reduce gender differences in the …