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Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model
PIERETTI, Patrice; Marchiori, Luca; ZOU, Benteng
2010In Annals of Economics and Statistics, 97/98, p. 185-205
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Keywords :
Migration; Human capital; Endogenous fertility
Abstract :
[en] What is the impact of high-skilled migration on fertility and human capital in migrant's origin countries? This question is analyzed within an overlapping generations model where parents choose to finance higher education for a certain number of their children. It follows that families are composed of high-and low-skilled children who may both emigrate with a certain probability when they reach adulthood. It is found that a brain drain leads to a change in children's skill composition, with parents choosing to provide higher education to a larger number of their children. A calibration of the model suggests that, following a brain drain, the additional children benefiting from higher education might in the long run compensate for the loss of high-educated workers and lead to a brain gain.
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics
Author, co-author :
PIERETTI, Patrice ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Marchiori, Luca
ZOU, Benteng  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Annals of Economics and Statistics
ISSN :
1968-3863
eISSN :
2115-4430
Publisher :
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (ADRES), Paris, France
Volume :
97/98
Pages :
185-205
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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