For nearly four decades now, the conventional wisdom has been that the migration of human capital (skilled workers … not hold. A well designed migration policy can result in a “brain gain” to the developing country rather than in just a …

A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid "social humiliation." In a general … equilibrium framework it is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation sufficiently, migration will occur even between … two identical economies. Migration increases the number of individuals who choose to perform degrading jobs and …

We study human capital depletion and formation in an economy open to out-migration, as opposed to an economy which is … structure of incentives can give rise to a brain gain in conjunction with a brain drain. Migration by high-skill members of its …

This paper studies the growth dynamics of a developing country under migration. Assuming that human capital formation … is subject to a strong enough, positive intertemporal externality, the prospect of migration will increase growth in the … human capital in the home country. In either case, the home country experiences a welfare gain, provided that migration is …

We document and suggest a rationale for the durability of seasonal migration from Poland to Germany, a phenomenon … persisting for more than a century. We refer to the role of the tradition of engaging in seasonal migration as a force that …

A migration network is modeled as a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement between financially …-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: “established” migrants … contract to support the subsequent migration of others in exchange for receiving support themselves. When the model is expanded …