Paper review: migration? just studying?
International Student Mobility: Growth and Dispersion by Neeraj Kaushal & Mauro Lanati, 2019. NBER Working Papers Personally, I found the paper difficult to read. This was because the paper didn't use identification strategy such as IV and DiD. Also, the main purpose of this paper was not to identify rigorous causal effects. Rather, the author tried to assess which of two competing models was more plausible. The paper felt unfamiliar to me, as well as theoretically heavy in its derivation of the regression equations. The process to connect the theory to the variable choice was a little bit uncomfortable for me. But, very fun! If I do my own research, I think I can refer the way the paper constructs regression equations. The paper proposes two competitive models. One is 'migration model', representing permanent migration through the tertiary education, and the other one is the 'human capital model', representing skills acquisition through studying abroad. The p...