Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278920 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16222
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
human capital
migration
selection
brain drain
brain gain
global inequality
JEL: 
J61
O15
E24
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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