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Losses and gains to developing countries from the migration of educated workers: an overview of recent research, and new reflections

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2007

; Human capital formation ; Overeducation ; “Educated unemployment” ; Beneficial brain drain ; Social welfare …

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The brain drain, "educated unemployment", human capital formation, and economic betterment

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2007

“educated unemployment” and overeducation in developing countries, as well as a brain drain from these countries. A simulation … suggests that the costs of “educated unemployment” and overeducation can amount to significant losses for the individuals … drain ; Human capital formation ; “Educated unemployment” ; Overeducation ; Social welfare …

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Migration to the EU : social and macroeconomic effects on sending countries

Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel; Kielyte, Julda - 2016

In June 2016, the European Commission issued a new EU Blue Card proposal. This proposal is meant to make the EU more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries. While strengthening the knowledge economy of the EU, the potential impacts of the new Blue Card proposal on...

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International migration and "educated unemployment"

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006

This paper provides a novel explanation of “educated unemployment,” which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that “educated unemployment” is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737403

Migration and dynamics : how a leakage of human capital lubricates the engine of economic growth

Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 2013

This paper studies the growth dynamics of a developing country under migration. Assuming that human capital formation is subject to a strong enough, positive intertemporal externality, the prospect of migration will increase growth in the home country in the long run. If the external effect is...

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Migration and dynamics : how a leakage of human capital lubricates the engine of economic growth

Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 2013

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Job status, international migration and educational choice

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020

We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home country. Without the opportunity to emigrate abroad people choose their educational investment (and hence their skill level) as we might expect, taking into account the utility...

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Ability drain : size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2017

Ability drain's (AD) impact seems economically significant, with 30% of US Nobel laureates since 1906 being immigrants, and immigrants or their children founding 40% of Fortune 500 companies. Nonetheless, while brain drain (BD) and gain (BG) have been studied extensively, AD has not. I examine...

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Educating in the East, emigrating to the West?

Kancs, D'Artis; Kielyte, Julda - 2010

This paper examines the potential impacts of East-West migration of talents on the innovative capital and hence the long-run growth prospects in Eastern sending countries. Complementing previous studies, we examine the impact of high skill migration not only on the formation of human capital,...

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Human Capital Investment, Migration Strategy, Self Selection, and the Brain Drain

Schaeffer, Peter V. - 2016

This research was motivated by the increasing number of foreign students and scientists who are in the United States on temporary visas who are able to change their status to permanent immigrant. Origin countries, among them industrialized western European nations, are concerned about losing...

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