Selective Migration and Economic Development: A Generalized Approach
研究了选择性移民对原籍国人力资本积累和经济发展的影响，发现大多数原籍国因选择性移民而增加了人力资本和收入，但效果因发展水平、移民成本和教育政策而异。
ABSTRACT International migration is a selective process with ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development in sending countries. We establish the theoretical microfoundations of the relationship between selective emigration and human capital accumulation in a multicountry context. We embed this migration–education nexus into a development accounting framework to quantify the effects of migration on development and inequality. Selective emigration stimulates human capital accumulation and income in most origin countries. The effect varies according to the level of development, the dyadic structure of migration costs, and education policies. Emigration significantly reduces the number of people living in extreme poverty.