Hinks, TimDavies, Simon2015-02-032015-02-032015-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21386Romania faces an acute population crisis with an aging workforce and an increased number of emigrants particularly from the young, highly educated/skilled population. This paper uses a new cross-sectional data set of Romanian emigrants to find which factors are related to plans to return home permanently. The analysis pays particular attention to differences in expected earnings and skills and training acquired as a migrant. The study finds that higher expected earnings in Romania and investment in Romanian firms are positively correlated with plans to return migrate. Policies that boost productivity and therefore wages as well as policies that improve the business climate could therefore encourage Romanian migrants to return to Romania, moderating the negative consequences of the declining and aging population, and increasing the skill stock of the Romanian labor force.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGASYLUMASYLUM SEEKERSAVERAGE EARNINGSBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBRAIN DRAINBRAIN-DRAINCAPITAL FORMATIONCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL MARKETCAPITAL MARKETSCAPITAL STOCKCITIZENCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCREDIT PROVISIONDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT POLICYDUMMY VARIABLEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MIGRANTSECONOMIC MIGRATIONEMIGRANTSEMIGRATIONEXCHANGE RATEFINANCIAL CRISISFOREIGN EXCHANGEGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTHIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONHOME COUNTRIESHOME COUNTRYHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOUSEHOLD EARNINGSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN MIGRATIONILLEGAL MIGRANTSIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONINCOMEINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONINVESTMENT BEHAVIORINVESTMENT DECISIONSJOB CREATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOUR FORCELABOUR MARKETLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONMARGINAL UTILITY OF CONSUMPTIONMARITAL STATUSMIGRANTMIGRANT LABORMIGRANT NETWORKSMIGRANT WORKERMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION DECISIONMIGRATION FLOWSMIGRATION INTENTIONSMIGRATION PROCESSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNURSESOLD-AGEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLICY RESPONSESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION CRISISPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION STUDIESPROGRESSPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC SERVICEPULL FACTORSPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREMITTANCEREMITTANCE PAYMENTSREMITTANCESRESPECTRETURNRETURN MIGRANTSRETURN MIGRATIONRETURNSROLE OF REMITTANCESSKILLED PERSONSSOCIAL NETWORKSSPOUSETAXTEMPORARY MIGRATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOLERANCEUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWARWORKFORCE10.1596/1813-9450-7166