Consumers and the Brain Drain: Product Design and the Gains from Emigration

We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when consumers tastes exhibit a form of home bias...

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Year of publication:	2008-07-01
Authors:	Kuhn, Peter J. ; McAusland, Carol
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Internationale Migration

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Extent:	210944 bytes 17 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3602 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies ; O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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