This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration byeducational attainment. We …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … model is that we take into account the impact of migration on the local (rural) labor market. Migration is shown to decrease …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … model is that we take into account the impact of migration on the local (rural) labor market. Migration is shown to decrease …

theoretical arguments regarding the role of migration networks and/or the dynamics of wealth transmission between successive …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development … and human capital accumulation in a multi-country context. We then embed this migration-education nexus into a development … accounting framework to quantify the effects of migration on development and inequality. We find that selective emigration …

educational opportunities. These results extend to internal migration, implying that highly vulnerable populations are trapped in …

This chapter focuses on the effects of skilled migration on developing countries. We first present new evidence on the … migration, we then survey the theoretical and empirical brain drain literature in a unified framework. Finally we use a …