International Migration and "Educated Unemployment"

Oded Stark and C. Simon Fan

No 7126, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Abstract: This paper provides a novel explanation of "educated unemployment," which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that "educated unemployment" is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is, by the possibility of a "brain drain." In addition, the analysis shows that a developing country may end up with more educated workers despite the brain drain and educated unemployment.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7126

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