TY - JOUR
T1 - Guest-worker Migration, Human Capital and Fertility
AU - Azarnert, Leonid V.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth distribution. The article demonstrates that the possibility of a low-skilled guest-worker employment in a higher wage foreign country lowers the relative attractiveness of the skilled employment in the home country. Thus, it prevents a fraction of individuals from acquiring human capital. Therefore, even if all individuals who acquired education remain in the home country, the actual number of educated workers in the source economy decreases, and the aggregate level of human capital in this economy would thus be negatively affected.
AB - This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth distribution. The article demonstrates that the possibility of a low-skilled guest-worker employment in a higher wage foreign country lowers the relative attractiveness of the skilled employment in the home country. Thus, it prevents a fraction of individuals from acquiring human capital. Therefore, even if all individuals who acquired education remain in the home country, the actual number of educated workers in the source economy decreases, and the aggregate level of human capital in this economy would thus be negatively affected.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2012.00664.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2012.00664.x
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AN - SCOPUS:84859886113
SN - 1363-6669
VL - 16
SP - 318
EP - 330
JO - Review of Development Economics
JF - Review of Development Economics
IS - 2
ER -