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China's Latent Human Capital Investment : Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

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Optimal Education Policy and Human Capital Accumulation in the Context of Brain Drain

Djajic, Slobodan - 2018

This paper revisits the question of how brain drain affects the optimal education policy of a developing economy. Our framework of analysis highlights the complementarity between public spending on education and students' efforts to acquire human capital in response to career opportunities at...

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Brain Drain and its Determinants : A Major Issue for Small States

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development

Docquier, Frédéric - 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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Brain Refrain and Human Capital Formation in Spain

Blanco-Álvarez, Jose; Parsons, Christopher R.; Tang, … - 2022

We examine how low and high skilled internal emigration causally affect investments in human capital at origin. We provide theoretical and empirical evidence of a disincentive mechanism through which individuals refrain from education should low skilled emigration prove a viable alternative. Our...

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Brain Drain, Educational Quality and Immigration Policy : Impact on Productive Human Capital in Source and Host Countries, with Canada as a Case Study

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2014

With the 1967 reform, Canada's immigration policy changed from a country-preference system to a points system. The latter provides points according to applicants' education level but abstracts from the quality of their education. This paper considers the points system, the country-preference...

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Skilled Migration, FDI and Human Capital Investment

Checchi, Daniele - 2008

It is commonly believed that accumulation of human capital (HC) and availability of physical and financial capitals are among the major determinants of economic growth. In a globalised world, where factors of production are increasingly mobile, the process of domestic accumulation of HC might be...

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

Batista, Catia - 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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Ability Drain

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2016

Is ability drain (AD) economically significant? That immigrants or their children founded over 40% of the Fortune 500 US companies suggests it is. Moreover, brain drain (BD) induces a brain gain (BG). This cannot occur with ability. Nonetheless, while BD has been studied extensively, AD drain...

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Brain Drain in Globalization : A General Equilibrium Analysis from the Sending Countries' Perspective

Marchiori, Luca - 2013

The paper assesses the global effects of brain drain on developing economies and quantifies the relative sizes of various static and dynamic impacts. By constructing a unified generic framework characterized by overlapping-generations dynamics and calibrated to real data, this study incorporates...

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