Endogenous skill formation and the source country effects of emigration.

Autor/inn/en	Egger, Hartmut; Felbermayr, Gabriel
Institution	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Recht (Stuttgart)
Titel	Endogenous skill formation and the source country effects of emigration. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Endogene Qualifikationsentwicklung und Auswirkungen internationaler Arbeitsmarktintegration im Herkunftsland.
Quelle	Stuttgart: Inst. für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Univ. Hohenheim (2009), 31 S., 624 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge. 308/2009
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
ISSN	0930-8334
URN	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-3504
Schlagwörter	Bildungsmotivation; Sozialhilfe; Wohlfahrtsökonomie; Motivation; Ungleichheit; Armut; Entwicklungsland; Migration; Arbeitspapier; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Marokko; Mexiko; Philippinen; Türkei
Abstract	"In this paper we set up a simple theoretical framework to study the possible source country effects of skilled labor emigration. We show that for given technologies, labor market integration necessarily lowers GDP per capita in a poor source country of emigration, because it distorts the education decision of individuals. As pointed out by our analysis, a negative source country effect also materializes if all agents face identical emigration probabilities, irrespective of their education levels. This is in sharp contrast to the case of exogenous skill supply. Allowing for human capital spillovers, we further show that with social returns to schooling there may be a counteracting positive source country effect if the prospect of emigration stimulates the incentives to acquire education. Since, in general, the source country effects are not clear, we calibrate our model for four major source countries - Mexico, Turkey, Morocco, and the Philippines - and show that an increase in emigration rates beyond those observed in the year 2000 is very likely to lower GDP per capita in poor economies." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: Theoriebildung; Grundlagenforschung; empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Simulation. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2009/3