Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84793 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 174
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
In the model of Stark et al. (1997, 1998), the possibility of employment in a developed country raises the level of human capital acquired by workers in the developing country. We show that this result holds even when workers have the option to save.
Subjects: 
Human capital formation
Savings
Intertemporal choice
Prospect of migrating
JEL: 
D91
F22
J22
J24
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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