International migration, human capital formation, and saving

被引:5
作者
Stark, Oded [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Dorn, Agnieszka [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
[2] Univ Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
[3] Univ Vienna, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
[4] Warsaw Univ, Warsaw, Poland
[5] Warsaw Sch Econ, Warsaw, Poland
关键词
Human capital formation; Savings; Intertemporal choice; Prospect of migrating; RISK;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.032
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
sIn the model of Stark et al. (1997, 1998), the possibility of employment in a developed country raises the level of human capital acquired by workers in the developing country. We show that this result holds even when workers have the option to save. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:411 / 414
页数:4
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