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A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations

Artuc, Erhan; Docquier, Frédéric; Ozden, Caglar; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

drain indicators. Building on newly collated data, the paper uses a novel estimation procedure based on a pseudo …

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Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C.; Lacuesta, Aitor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...

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Women on the Move: The Neglected Gender Dimension of the Brain Drain

martin, john paul; Spielvogel, Gilles; Dumont, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

into account the fact that women still face an unequal access to tertiary education in many less developed countries, it … appears that women are over-represented in the brain drain. This result is reinforced by econometric estimates showing that … emigration of highly skilled women is higher, the poorer is their country of origin. This effect is also observed for men but to …

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Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations

Docquier, Frédéric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. First, I present alternative...

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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant...

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Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde

Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this research question. We analyze the case of Cape Verde, a country with allegedly the highest 'brain drain' in Africa, despite a...

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The International Migration of Knowledge Workers: When Is Brain Drain Beneficial?

Kuhn, Peter; McAusland, Carol - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We consider the welfare effects of the emigration of workers who produce a public good (knowledge). We distinguish between the knowledge diversion and knowledge creation effects of such emigration, and show that the remaining residents of a country can gain from emigration, even when tastes for...

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Heaven's Swing Door: Endogenous Skills, Migration Networks and the Effectiveness of Quality-Selective Immigration Policies

Bertoli, Simone; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

A growing number of OECD countries are leaning toward adopting quality-selective immigration policies. The underlying assumption behind such policies is that more skill-selection should raise immigrants' average quality (or education level). This view tends to neglect two important dynamic...

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International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014

Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; Calara, Alvaro; Go, Stella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students' motivations to become nurses and to what extent their...

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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

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