Why Migrate: For Study or for Work?

Economies

卷:4

Elise S. Brezis¹ 

[1] Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel;

关键词: brain drain;    globalization;    higher education;    human capital;    migration;    mobility;   

DOI  :  10.3390/economies4030017

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and presents a unified model, wherein the two migration decisions are combined into a single, unique model. This paper shows that under the plausible assumption that costs of migration differ over the human life cycle, the usual brain drain strategy is sub-optimal. With an increase in globalization, the brain drain strategy will be replaced by the strategy of migration of students.

【 授权许可】

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