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International migration and human capital formation

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Mohamed Jellal () (Faculté des Sciences Economiques, Rabat, Morocco and Conseils-Eco, Toulouse, France)
François-Charles Wolff () (LEN-CEBS, Université de Nantes, France; CNAV and INED, Paris, France)

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We consider a model of international migration with heterogeneity in the skill level of workers which accounts for country-specific educational investment, unemployment expectations and return to the origin country. We prove that migrants invest less than natives in human capital formation because of return migration, so that migrants are more likely to be unemployed and to have flatter earnings profiles.

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Volume (Year): 15 (2003)
Issue (Month): 10 ()
Pages: 1-8
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Keywords: human capital formation international migration return migration

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