DP8196 Selective immigration policies, migrants' education and welfare at origin
| Author(s): | Simone Bertoli, Herbert Brücker |
| Publication Date: | January 2011 |
| Keyword(s): | education policies, international migration, selective immigration policies, social welfare |
| JEL(s): | F22, H52, J24, O15 |
| Programme Areas: | International Macroeconomics |
| Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8196 |
Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can e ectively increase migrants' average education even if one allows for endogenous schooling decisions and education policies at origin. Still, more selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin.