Arbeitspapier
Selective Migration and Economic Development: A Generalized Approach
International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development in countries of origin. We establish the theoretical micro-foundations of the relationship between selective emigration 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 stimulates human capital accumulation and the income of those remaining behind in a majority of countries, in particular in the least developed ones. The magnitude of the effect varies according to the level of development, the dyadic structure of migration costs, and the education policy. Emigration significantly reduces cross-country income inequality and the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16222
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
migration
selection
brain drain
brain gain
global inequality
Deuster, Christoph
Docquier, Frédéric
Machado, Joël
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Cha'Ngom, Narcisse
- Deuster, Christoph
- Docquier, Frédéric
- Machado, Joël
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023
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