Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model

Luca Marchiori (), Patrice Pieretti and Benteng Zou

DEM Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

Abstract: What is the impact of high-skilled emigration on fertility and human capital in migrants’ origin countries? This question is analyzed within an overlapping generations model where parents choose to finance higher education to a certain number of their children. It follows that families are composed of high- and low-skilled children who may both emigrate with a certain probability when they reach adulthood. It is found that a brain drain leads to a change in children’s skill composition, with parents choosing to provide higher education to a larger number of their children. A calibration of the model suggests that, following a brain drain, the additional children benefiting from higher education might in the long run compensate for the loss of high-educated workers and lead to a brain gain.

JEL-codes: F22 J13 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model (2011)
Journal Article: Migration and Human Capital in an Endogenous Fertility Model (2010)
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