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 surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions...

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Main Authors: Bollard, Albert, McKenzie, David, Morten, Melanie, Rapoport, Hillel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
ANNUAL REMITTANCES
BANK ACCOUNTS
BEQUESTS
BRAIN DRAIN
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
CREDIT MARKETS
DATA ON REMITTANCES
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
DESTINATION COUNTRY
DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DUMMY VARIABLES
EDUCATED MIGRANTS
EDUCATED PEOPLE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
ELDERLY
EMIGRATION
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY COMPOSITION
FAMILY MEMBERS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS
FORMAL EDUCATION
HOME COUNTRY
HOST COUNTRY
HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT POPULATION
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION POLICIES
IMMIGRATION STATUS
IMPACT OF EDUCATION
INCOMES
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
INVESTMENT FUND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MIGRATION
LARGER FAMILIES
LEGAL IMMIGRATION
LEGAL STATUS
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC DATA
MICRODATA
MIGRANT COMMUNITIES
MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES
MIGRATION
MIGRATION COSTS
MIGRATION OF LABOR
MIGRATION POLICY
MINORITY
MONEY HOME
MONEY TO RELATIVES
NEED FOR REMITTANCES
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINT
PERSONAL INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION ASSOCIATION
POST OFFICE
POST OFFICES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRESS
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT COUNTRY
REFUGEE
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE CHANNELS
REMITTANCE FLOWS
REMITTANCE SENDERS
REMITTANCE SENDING
REMITTANCES
REMITTERS
REPAYMENT
RETURN
ROLE OF REMITTANCES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION
SEND MONEY
SEND REMITTANCES
SKILL LEVEL
SKILLED EMIGRANTS
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SKILLED MIGRATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
TAX
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
VIRGIN
WORK PERMITS
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