This paper analyses the effects of education signals for Ethnic Germans and Germans without a migration background …

to established ethnic networks, and acquired more years of pre-migration schooling. Using a doubly robust treatment … effect estimator and the IV method, the study finds that the endogenous post-migration education in the host country …

Many destination countries consider implementing points-based migration systems as a way to improve migrants' quality …

female high-skilled migration rates relative to that of male (the female brain drain ratio). By developing a model of … migration choice I find non-linear effects of gender inequality on the female brain drain ratio as a result of effects of gender … inequality on both costs and benefits of migration.At low levels of women's rights, increases in the index lead to increases in …

We consider a model of international migration where skills of workers are imperfectly observed by firms in the host … one, workers in the South decide whether to move and pay the migration costs. These costs are assumed to be sunk. In the … whether to migrate or not depends on the proportion of high-skilled workers among the migrants. The migration game exhibits …

female high-skilled migration rates relative to that of male (the female brain drain ratio). By developing a model of … migration choice I find non-linear effects of gender inequality on the female brain drain ratio as a result of effects of gender … inequality on both costs and benefits of migration. At low levels of women's rights, increases in the index lead to increases in …

This paper examines the implications of temporary migration episodes for two cohorts of Italian Ph.D.s. Special …. After controlling for the endogeneity of both the migration decision and the length of stay abroad, we find positive returns …