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Geography of skills and global inequality
This paper analyzes the factors underlying the evolution of the worldwide distribution of skills and their implicat... Show more
Date: 2018
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Equity; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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School attendance and skill premiums in France and the US: a general equilibrium approach
We evaluate the effect of education policies, welfare programmes, technology and demographics on the differential e... Show more
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: Europe; France; North America ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Fiscal studies
Subjects: Participation; Outcomes; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Informality and long-run growth
One of the most salient features of developing economies is the existence of a large informal sector. This paper us... Show more
Date: 2014
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Disadvantaged; Economics ... [+] Show more
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The within-country distribution of brain drain and brain gain effects: a case study on Senegal
Existing empirical literature provides converging evidence that selective emigration enhances human capital accumul... Show more
Date: 2023
Geographic subjects: Senegal; Africa
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Skills and knowledge; Disadvantaged
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Measuring international skilled migration: a new database controlling for age of entry
This article uses immigrant’s age of entry as a proxy for where they acquired their education. Data on age of entry... Show more
Date: 2007
Resource type: Article
Journal title: World Bank economic review
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Employment; Economics ... [+] Show more
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A global assessment of human capital mobility: the role of non-OECD destinations
Discussions of high-skilled mobility typically evoke migration patterns from poorer to wealthier countries, which i... Show more
Date: 2014
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: World Bank policy research working paper
Subjects: Labour market; Skills and knowledge; Migration ... [+] Show more
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: theory and evidence from bilateral data
We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, usi... Show more
Date: 2011
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Skills and knowledge; Policy
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Brain drain in developing countries
This article uses an original data set on international migration by educational attainment for 1990 and 2000 to an... Show more
Date: 2007
Resource type: Article
Journal title: World Bank economic review
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Employment; Economics ... [+] Show more
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On the robustness of brain gain estimates
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus... Show more
Date: 2009
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Economics; Migration; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Globalization, brain drain and development
This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Africa; Europe; United States ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Globalisation; Economics ... [+] Show more