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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : the Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More / Bollard, Albert
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bollard, Albert
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain Drain.
- Consequences of migration.
- Developing countries.
- Educated Migrants.
- Family members.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Illegal migrants.
- Immigrant.
- Immigrants.
- Immigration.
- Immigration policies.
- Impact of education.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Migration.
- Policy Research.
- Population Policies.
- Progress.
- Remittance.
- Remittances.
- Skill level.
- Skilled migrants.
- Social Development.
- Tertiary education.
- Local Subjects:
- Brain Drain.
- Consequences of migration.
- Developing countries.
- Educated Migrants.
- Family members.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Illegal migrants.
- Immigrant.
- Immigrants.
- Immigration.
- Immigration policies.
- Impact of education.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Migration.
- Policy Research.
- Population Policies.
- Progress.
- Remittance.
- Remittances.
- Skill level.
- Skilled migrants.
- Social Development.
- Tertiary education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Other Title:
- Remittances And The Brain Drain Revisited
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2009
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration will hamper remittance growth. This paper revisits the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from surveys of immigrants in 11 major destination countries. The data show a mixed pattern between education and the likelihood of remitting, and a strong positive relationship between education and the amount remitted conditional on remitting. Combining these intensive and extensive margins gives an overall positive effect of education on the amount remitted. The microdata then allow investigation as to why the more educated remit more. The analysis finds that the higher income earned by migrants, rather than characteristics of their family situations, explains much of the higher remittances.
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