Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More

Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More

Two of the most salient trends in migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances and in the flow of skilled migrants. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that furt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bollard, Albert, McKenzie, David, Morten, Melanie, Rapoport, Hillel
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
Brain Drain
country of origin
developing countries
Educated Migrants
family composition
family members
illegal migrants
immigrant
immigrants
immigration
immigration policies
impact of education
migrant
migration
primary education
remittance
Remittances
skill level
skilled migrants
tertiary education
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13469

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