Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model

Luca Marchiori (), Patrice Pieretti and Benteng Zou

No 409, Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers from Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University

Abstract: How do high and low skilled migration affect fertility and human capital in migrants' origin countries? This question is analyzed within an overlapping generations model where parents choose the number of high and low skilled children they would like to have. Individuals migrate with a certain probability and remit to their parents. It is shown that a brain drain induces parents to have more high and less low educated children. Under certain conditions fertility may either rise or decline due to a brain drain. Low skilled emigration leads to reversed results, while the overall impact on human capital of either type of migration remains ambiguous. Subsequently, the model is calibrated on a developing economy. It is found that increased high skilled emigration reduces fertility and fosters human capital accumulation, while low skilled emigration induces higher population growth and a lower level of education.

Keywords: Fertility; Migration; Human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08-15
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Journal Article: Migration and Human Capital in an Endogenous Fertility Model (2010)
Working Paper: Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model (2009)
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