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The possibility of migrating to richer countries causes greater investment in education.

https://appam.confex.com/appam/2018/webprogram/Paper27374.ht...

> Using a new administrative dataset combining the universe of permanent migrant departures from the Philippines with the universe of institution-level post-secondary enrollment and graduation, we show that enrollment and graduation in nursing programs increased in response to demand from abroad for nurses. The supply of nursing programs increased to accommodate this. The increase in nursing enrollment and graduation during the period was much larger than the increase in nurse migration and contributed to a brain gain



Uh, that's the Philippines.

Their economy runs on remittances, and the population is mostly under 18, so the government wants graduates to emigrate and send money home.

They even have the OFW department to monitor treatment of their emigrant workers, and provide a parallel immigration office.

Possibly the worst citation ever. :)




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