Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62361 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6610
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the interaction between migration of high-skilled labor and publicly financed investment. We develop a theoretical model with multiple, ex ante identical jurisdictions where individuals decide on education and subsequent emigration. Migration decisions are based on differences in net income across jurisdictions which may occur endogenously. The interaction between income differences and migration flows gives rise to the potential of multiple equilibria: a symmetric equilibrium without migration and an asymmetric equilibrium in which net income levels differ among jurisdictions and trigger migration flows. In the former equilibrium, all jurisdictions have the same public investment level. In the latter one, public investment is high in host economies of skilled expatriates and low in source economies. We empirically test the hypothesis that emigration rates are negatively associated with publicly financed investment levels for OECD countries.
Subjects: 
high-skilled migration
human capital externalities
publicly financed investment
JEL: 
F22
H40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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