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We examine the phenomenon of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad. The brain-drain/gain literature takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries. While high-skilled migration is worrisome, many...
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compulsory schooling at ages 16-17, young men in Tajikistan are forsaking professional education because of opportunities to … of migrant-receiving Russia's recent tightened migration policy and economic slowdown, and policies promoting fair access … to professional education in migrant-sending Tajikistan. …
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We examine the phenomenon of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad. The brain-drain/gain literature takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries. While high-skilled emigration is troubling, even more...
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human capital, specifically education. This literature has two main strands. First, much of modern growth theory puts human … within countries, is meager. There is a strong association between average earnings and average education across nations and … regions in the U.S. that exceeds the private returns to education. However, problems of omitted variables and endogeneity …
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We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List. This List mandates that to become eligible for long-term status in the U.S., certain high-skill visitors must reside in their home countries for two years after participation...
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device for improving the human capital of the children and grandchildren of migrants as measured by their education. In this … migration by taking into account the correct counter-factual - the generational education gains that would have taken place if …
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Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...
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