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Sandra Spirovska – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this dissertation, I explore how international migration and environmental pollution shape human capital accumulation and labor market outcomes.The first chapter examines how college enrollment and major choice decisions of young adults in migrant-sending countries are affected by the removal of international migration barriers. My…
Descriptors: Migration, Migration Patterns, Pollution, Human Capital
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Hercog, Metka; van de Laar, Mindel – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This paper examines how country-specific factors in receiving countries influence a highly skilled migrant's choice between several possible locations. While continental European countries recognize that attracting migrants is a key component of their economic strategies, it is unclear to what extent these immigration policies result in European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Student Mobility, Migration
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Stockfelt, Shawanda – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The author presents the result of a quantitative survey as a part of a larger mixed-methods study conducted across two case study schools in urban Jamaica. It focuses on Black Caribbean boys' levels of educational aspirations in relation to their economic, social, and embodied cultural capital. The study utilizes Bourdieu's notions of capital,…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Academic Aspiration, Males, Foreign Countries
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Ishitani, Terry T. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Using national data, this study examined out-migration behavior of college graduates who attended in-state institutions in the United States. Unlike previous studies on the issue of student migration, in which researchers used a single equation approach, the present study employed a multi-level technique to assess the effects of factors from…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Migration, Grants, In State Students
Greiner, Keith; Girardi, Tony – Online Submission, 2006
This report describes the migration of college students into Iowa to attend colleges and universities in the state. The report suggests that there is more than a three-to-one ratio of arrivals to departures, and the state economy is improved by the presence of out-of-state students. Together, the first-year students who came to Iowa contributed…
Descriptors: Migration, Out of State Students, College Freshmen, Migration Patterns