Migration, human capital accumulation and economic development

Di Maria, Corrado ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-0506 and Stryszowski, Piotr (2009) Migration, human capital accumulation and economic development. Journal of Development Economics, 90 (2). pp. 306-313. ISSN 0304-3878

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Abstract

We study how the possibility of migration changes the composition of human capital in sending countries, and how this affects development. In our model, growth is driven by productivity growth, which occurs via imitation or innovation. Both activities use the same types of skilled labour as input, albeit with different intensities. Heterogenous agents accumulate skills in response to economic incentives. Migration distorts these incentives, and the accumulation of human capital. This slows down, or even hinders, economic development. The effect is stronger, the farther away the country is from the technological frontier.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	education,migration,human capital,economic growth,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2013 14:13
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 00:55
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44404
DOI:	10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.06.008

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