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Migration and Networks: Does Education Matter more than Gender?

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  • Michel Beine
  • Sara Salomone

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This paper looks at the impact of networks on international migration flows to OECD countries. In particular, we look at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both dimensions, we are able to analyze the respective impact of networks on the proportion of each category of migrant. Therefore, unlike the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the respective factors influencing the selection in terms skills and in term of gender. We found that network effects vary by education level but not by gender. Women are also found to be less directly dependent on migration costs unrelated to networks such as distance.

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Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 3010.

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Date of creation: 2010
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Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_3010

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Keywords: migration; human capital; network/diaspora externalities; gender;

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  1. Michel Beine & Sara Salomone, 2011. "Network Effects in International Migration: Education versus Gender," CREA Discussion Paper Series 11-08, Center for Research in Economic Analysis, University of Luxembourg.

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