Human capital approach theory is related to the idea of people wanting a better life and migrating can make it possible. Many see immigrants as people seeking asylum or wanting to have financial stability (Massey et al. 2002).It states that what you do, the skills you have, and education matter. This model wants to maximize human capital investment, it is about what skills one can bring to the table. For instance, one can be a teacher in one's country, but if that skill is brought across the border it can bring better capital. In the article, it explains how in the U.S. there is a high demand for bilingual teachers, so many schools are recruiting them from Mexico, Spain, and Puerto Rico. Illustrating that workers with those extra set of skills go to a wealthy country for a high paying job. This is beneficial to both countries, the U.S will get its supply of bilingual teachers and their home countries will gain capital sent home and high wages for those left behind.
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al 2002). In other words, it takes human capital one step further. This theory emphasizes all social ties regardless of how they came about. People do not migrate for just one reason, multiple things shape those reasons. Social capital provides access to resources embedded in the social relationships. For instance, these past week visas have been canceled to seven muslim countries, however, the countries with business ties were excluded from this ban. Indeed, Social capital enables people to mobilize those resources and facilitates action.