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Human Capital Portability and International Student Migration Arenas Jal, Andreu Política migratòria Política governamental Mobilitat laboral Treballadors migratoris Migration policy Government policy Labor mobility Migrant labor This paper examines how human capital portability frictions affect the quantity andthe quality of international student migration. Using administrative data on collegeenrolment in Spain, it evaluates a reform that lifted the requirement to take the Spanishend-of-high-school exam for foreign students from a subset of countries. The reformincreased student migration from treated countries by 50%, compared to migrationfrom control countries. Post-reform migrants have lower predicted test scores but stilloutperform native students. The results suggest that multilateral diploma recognitionscan significantly increase international student migration without large costs in studentmigrant quality, and with positive effects on average student quality. 2021-04-19T15:40:44Z 2023-03-31T05:10:26Z 2021-03 2021-04-19T15:40:44Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaa009 Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, vol. 21, num. 2, p. 195-229 https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaa009 (c) Arenas Jal, Andreu, 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Oxford University Press Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)