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International Student Migration to Germany

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Donata Bessey () (Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich)

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This paper presents first empirical evidence on international student migration to Germany. I use a novel approach that analyzes student mobility using an augmented gravity equation and find evidence of strong network effects and of the importance of distance - results familiar from the empirical migration literature. However, the importance of disposable income in the home country does not seem to be too big for students, while the fact of being a politically unfree country decreases migration flows significantly. I also provide extensive sensitivity checks and estimates using both the usual log-linearized and a multiplicative specification. The results are quite stable.

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Paper provided by University of Zurich, Institute for Strategy and Business Economics (ISU) in its series Economics of Education Working Paper Series with number 0006.

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Date of creation: Sep 2007
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Keywords: Globalization of higher education; international migration; gravity equation;

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F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education Research Institutions

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