International student migration to Germany |
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Authors: | Donata Bessey |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The past decades have witnessed an impressive growth of international student mobility. This article presents first empirical
evidence on international student migration to Germany, one of the most important destination countries for international
students worldwide. While previous research in the field has mainly used data on international trade in educational services,
I use a novel approach that analyzes student mobility as a form of migration, using data on international student migrants.
An augmented gravity equation is the basis for the theoretical and empirical framework. I also provide extensive sensitivity
checks of the empirical results and estimates using both the usual log-linearized and a multiplicative specification of the
gravity equation, following recent work by Santos Silva and Tenreyro (Rev Econ Stat 88(4): 641–658, 2006). The results provide evidence for the importance of distance—a familiar result from the empirical migration literature.
Unlike for international migration on the whole, the importance of disposable income in the home country does not seem to
be too big for students, and student migrant flows from politically unfree countries are significantly lower. |
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