Determinants of International Student Migration

Abbott, Andrew; Silles, Mary

Abstract

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper considers what factors determine the migration of overseas students, when students cross borders for higher education. We utilise a gravity model for international student mobility and derive estimates for a sample of 18 countries of destination and 38 countries of origin over the period 2005-11. Our results confirm that geographical distance and the presence of a common language are powerful in explaining bilateral student flows. Our most interesting finding is that time zone differences have a statistically significant and economically large effect in determining international student flows. Copyright

Citation

Abbott, A., & Silles, M. (2016). Determinants of International Student Migration. The World economy, 39(5), 621-635. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12319

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Sep 2, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 26, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 2, 2015
• Journal: The world economy
• Print ISSN: 0378-5920
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9701
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 621-635
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12319
• Keywords: Student mobility, Migration, Gravity equation, Higher education
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/378055
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/twec.12319/full
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: The world economy, 2016, v.39, issue 5.