Remittances, migrants’ education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the restrictiveness and selectivity of immigration policies at destination. The results strongly support the theoretical analysis, suggesting that immigration policies determine the sign and magnitude of the relationship between remittances and migrants' education.

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Document type	Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type	Accès restreint
Publication date	2012
Language	Anglais
Journal information	"Regional Science and Urban Economics" - Vol. 42, no. 5, p. 817-828 (Spetember 2012)
Peer reviewed	yes
Publisher	Elsevier BV * North-Holland ((Netherlands) Amsterdam)
issn	0166-0462
Publication status	Publié
Affiliations	UCL - SSH/LIDAM/IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics University of Lille - EQUIPPE Harvard University - Center for International Development Thor Vergata University
Keywords	Remittances ; Migration ; Brain drain ; Immigration policy
Links	http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/129424[Handle] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.10.005[DOI]

See also
	[boreal:74899]	Remittances, Migrants’Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data