Benefit-Cost Analysis of Foreign Student Flows from Developing Countries: The Case of Postgraduate Education.

Demonstrates the formulation and computation of major benefit and cost items included in an evaluation of social rates of return to foreign study. Considers incidence of measured effects between sending, host, and third countries, focusing on south/north flow of postgraduate students, specifically Fiji students studying at Australian universities. Australia's costs of sponsoring students is greater than Fiji's benefits. (26 references) (MLH)