Migration and educational aspirations: Another channel of brain gain?

International migration not only enables individuals to earn higher wages but also exposes them to new environments. The norms and values experienced in destination countries can change the behavior of migrants and also of family members left behind. This paper suggests that brain gain can take plac...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:IZA journal of migration 2015-06, Vol.4 (June), p.24-4:June<24, Article 12
Main Author: Böhme, Marcus H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aspirations
Auswanderer
Auswanderung
Auswirkung
Bildung
Bildungsmobilität
Bildungsmotivation
Bildungsniveau
Brain drain
Brain gain
Demography
Economics
Economics and Finance
Education
Eltern
Erwartung
Generation
Herkunftsland
Investition
Kind
Labor Economics
Migration
Mobilität
Moldau (Republik)
Original Article
Population Economics
Sozialer Wert
Wertewandel
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:International migration not only enables individuals to earn higher wages but also exposes them to new environments. The norms and values experienced in destination countries can change the behavior of migrants and also of family members left behind. This paper suggests that brain gain can take place due to a change in the educational aspirations of caregivers in migrant households. Estimates for Moldova show that international migration raises parental aspirations in households located at the lower end of the human capital distribution. The identification of these effects relies on GDP growth shocks in the destination countries and migration networks. These results imply that aspirations are a highly relevant determinant of intergenerational human capital transfer and that even temporary international migration can shift human capital formation to a higher steady state by inducing higher educational aspirations among caregivers.
ISSN:2193-9039
2193-9039
DOI:10.1186/s40176-015-0036-9