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International migration and human capital formation

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  • François-Charles Wolff

    (LEN-CEBS, Université de Nantes, France CNAV and INED, Paris, France)

  • Mohamed Jellal

    (Faculté des Sciences Economiques, Rabat, Morocco and Conseils-Eco, Toulouse, France)

Abstract

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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  • François-Charles Wolff & Mohamed Jellal, 2003. "International migration and human capital formation," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 15(10), pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-03o10007
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    1. Simplice A Asongu, 2013. "On the Obituary of Scientific Knowledge Monopoly," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(4), pages 2718-2731.
    2. Jellal, Mohamed, 2014. "Diaspora et comportement économique en incertitude [Diaspora and economic behavior under uncertainty]," MPRA Paper 57236, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Simplice A. Asongu, 2017. "The Comparative Economics of Knowledge Economy in Africa: Policy Benchmarks, Syndromes, and Implications," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 8(2), pages 596-637, June.
    4. Simplice A. Asongu & Vanessa S. Tchamyou & Paul N. Acha-Anyi, 2020. "Who Is Who in Knowledge Economy in Africa?," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 11(2), pages 425-457, June.
    5. Simplice Asongu & Christelle Meniago, 2018. "Technology and persistence in global software piracy," Netnomics, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 43-63, October.
    6. Mya Mya Thet & Piriya Pholphirul, 2016. "The Perception of Myanmar Development on its Return Migrants: Implications for Burmese Migrants in Thailand," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 995-1014, November.
    7. Jellal, Mohamed & Bouzahzah, Mohamed, 2012. "Diaspora parité du pouvoir d'achat incertitude et épargne," MPRA Paper 38746, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Bouoiyour, jamal, 2006. "Migration, Diaspora et développement humain [Migration, Diaspora and Human Development]," MPRA Paper 37014, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Jellal, Mohamed, 2009. "Migration des Elites Norme Culturelle et Formation de la Diaspora [Brain Drain Social Norm and Diaspora Formation]," MPRA Paper 18011, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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