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human capital model of migration: a standalone construct

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Labor economics

treating migration as an investment whose costs are weighed against the expected stream of higher future earnings.

In labor economics, human capital model of migration refers to treating migration as an investment whose costs are weighed against the expected stream of higher future earnings. This meaning comes from Sjaastad (1962) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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References

Sjaastad, L. A. (1962). The Costs and Returns of Human Migration. Journal of Political Economy, 70(5, Part 2), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1086/258726

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