A Brief Overview of International Migration Motives and Impacts, with Specific Reference to FDI

Masood Gheasi and Peter Nijkamp

Economies, 2017, vol. 5, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: International migration has become one of the most debated topics in many developed and developing countries. Host countries are concerned about the socioeconomic consequences of international migration, while sending countries—from a developing country’s perspective—are concerned about the brain drain and loss of their younger population. This paper presents a concise literature review on existing theories of international migration, and long-run effects of international migration on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The empirical studies reviewed in this paper indicate a positive and statistically significant relationship between international migration and FDI.

Keywords: international migration; foreign direct investment (FDI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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