International migration, human capital formation, and saving

Oded Stark and Agnieszka Dorn

No 143842, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Abstract: In the model of Stark et al. (1997, 1998), the possibility of employment in a developed country raises the level of human capital acquired by workers in the developing country. We show that this result holds even when workers have the option to save.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2013-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143842

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