International migration and human capital formation

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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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Jellal, Mohamed ; wolff, François charles
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	International migration \| return migration \| human capital formation

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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