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Human capital, international migration, R&D spillovers, and productivity growth: A panel data analysis
Le, Thanh - 2006
This paper focuses on the role of R&D efforts – both domestic and foreign – and human capital investments to the development of national productivity. As technology is also embodied in human capital, the paper empirically investigates the significance of labour mobility as an effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448802
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Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis : the case of Cape Verde
Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro
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. This is allegedly the African country suffering from the largest "brain drain",...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530246
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Auswirkungen der internationalen Migration auf die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Theoretische und empirische Analysen vor dem Hintergrund der EU-Osterweiterung
Pflugbeil, Stephan Dirk - 2005
Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht wissenschaftlich anhand eines theoretischen Modells, wie sich internationale Migration auf die Volkwirtschaft des Aufnahmelandes auswirkt – nicht nur im Rahmen der EU-Osterweiterung. Kapitel eins enthält neben einer Hinführung zum Thema einen allgemeinen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450197
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Brain drain and factor complementarity
Pieretti, Patrice; Zou, Benteng - 2006
In this paper we develop a neoclassical growth model that aggregates different types of labor skills from strict complementarity to perfect substitution. After having derived general balanced growth conditions and developed explicit growth paths for capital and aggregate labor force, the model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452524
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An Empirical Investigation of Why Doctors Migrate and Women Fail to Go for Screening.
Okeke, Edward Nwabugwu - 2009
women in developing countries. Despite compelling evidence that cervical cancer screening has reduced morbidity and … price of screening reduced take-up of the program by between 7 and 8 percentage points while women selected to receive the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476584
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ESTIMATION ISSUES IN SINGLE COMMODITY GRAVITY TRADE MODELS
Prehn, Soren; Brummer, Bernhard - 2011
model estimation and G2PM for log-linear gravitymodel estimation. Exemplarily the estimators are applied to intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446184
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International migration pressures in the long run
Campos, Rodolfo G. - 2017
migration flows for the whole world. In contrast to their findings, and despite of the slowdown of population growth in Latin … America, the US will face sustained immigration pressures because of strong population growth in other regions of the world …, leading to a projected immigrant stock that grows for decades to come. For the world as a whole, international migrants are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530575
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Dynamics in highly skilled Migration: A European Perspective
Avato, Johanna - 2009
This thesis contributes to the research in highly skilled migration and takes special interest in questions and concerns of the European Union. The research will look at the causes of migration and what factors cause the selection of migrants. In particular, it will present three empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475332
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250