Remittances and the brain drain revisited: The microdata show that more educated migrants remit more

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-156

  Bollard, Albert ^a   Mckenzie, David ^b   Morten, Melanie ^c   Rapoport, Hillel ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051947624     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr013     Document Type: Article

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