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Determinants of International Student Migration
Author(s) -
Abbott Andrew,
Silles Mary
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/twec.12319
Subject(s) - gravity model of trade , sample (material) , demographic economics , geographical distance , economics , gravity equation , economic geography , period (music) , econometrics , mathematics education , geography , international economics , political science , sociology , psychology , demography , bilateral trade , population , law , physics , acoustics , china , thermodynamics
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.