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| Title: | | Does migration stimulate human capital investment Theory and evidence  |
| Authors: | | Brücker, Herbert Defoort, Cécily Gruen, Carola |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zürich 2008 15 |
| Abstract: | | This paper investigates whether international migration stimulates additional investment in human capital in host countries. First, a simple theoretical model is developed, showing that if migration were allowed, additional human capital investment is possible. Whether human capital endowment in host countries will rise or fall, is an open problem. This result differs from traditional theories of brain drain which typically assume an exogenous level of human capital investment. The empirical part of the paper employs a newly collated data set. First results show that the share of the population investing in education increases with the share of highly qualified emigrants. |
| Subjects: | | International migration Human capital Labour market Panel data econometrics |
| JEL: | | F22 |
| Document Type: | | Conference Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, 2008 (Zürich)
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