In this paper we present a model that explains migrations as decisions that respond to
where human capital can be acquired more efficiently, and where the return to human …

This paper analyzes international high-skilled migration caused by financial frictions in
educational market. I develop a model of learning in which acquisition of skill is only …

In contrast to the skilled emigration and brain drain literature unskilled labour emigration and
its impact on skill accumulation in the source country caught limited attention so far. While …

In this paper we present a model that explains migrations as decisions that respond to
where human capital can be acquired more efficiently, and where the return to human …

This paper investigates costs and benefits of calling back expatriates of a developing
country. I employ a life cycle model with a rich and poor country with endogenous migration …

In this paper we focus on the consequences of skilled migration for source (developing)
countries. We first present new evidence on the magnitude of the” brain drain” at the …

Despite considerable debate in the past few years, no firm consensus on the positive or
negative effect of internationally relocating manpower seems to have emerged. Of one …

This dissertation deals with the economic consequences of international migration, looking
at this problem from different angles. The first Part is concerned with the effects of skilled …

When skilled workers migrate, they face the brain waste risk, ie, they can end up employed
as unskilled. We analyze the effects of brain waste on brain drain, resulting from low …