International Student Mobility: Growth and Dispersion / Neeraj Kaushal, Mauro Lanati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaushal, Neeraj.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Lanati, Mauro.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25921.

NBER working paper series no. w25921

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

International Student Mobility

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2019.

Summary:

Recent years have seen an unprecedented growth and geographic dispersion in international student mobility. In this paper, we empirically test the predictions of two competing theoretical models underpinning the determinants of student mobility - the human capital model and the migration model - across traditional and emerging destinations. Our findings suggest that while the predictions of the migration model are generally valid in explaining student emigration to non-English speaking OECD destinations, student flows to English speaking countries and emerging economies are largely in line with the predictions of the human capital model. The growing dispersion of international students to emerging economies and continuing large flows to English speaking countries are therefore indicative of the rising demand to acquire tertiary skills and much less of the desire to migrate for permanent settlement.

Notes:

Print version record

June 2019.