In this briefly note we extend the Mountford's article quot;Can a Brain Drain be good for growth in the source economy?quot; by introducing an active role of the government in the education decisions of the agent by public education, taxes and subsidies. First, we demonstrate that the main...

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 A Disturbing Mosaic -- 2 Why Are Science and Technology Critical to America's Prosperity in the 21st Century? -- 3 How Is America Doing Now in Science and Technology? -- 4 Method -- 5...

Front Matter -- Executive Summary -- 1.0 The Gathering Storm, Revisited -- 2.0 Efforts to Avert the Storm -- 3.0 Changing Circumstances -- 4.0 The Ingredients of Innovation -- 5.0 A Category 5 Storm -- APPENDIX A Some Perspectives -- APPENDIX B REPORT REVIEWERS -- APPENDIX C PROJECT STAFF --...

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...

An increasing international applicability of a given type of education encourages students to invest more effort when studying. Governments, on the other hand, face an incentive to divert the provision of public education away from internationally applicable education toward country-specific...

Revolutionary changes occurred in many countries’ educational systems due to digital technologies. According to Euromag data, tablet computers are used instead of paper notebooks in the Bavarian private school Neubeuern, Germany. Classrooms of the future have become the students’ everyday...

One of the most prominent instruments of regional policy is to foster education and human capital formation in economically lagging regions. However, regional policy of this type can actually hurt instead of help the poor areas. The reason is that individual geographical mobility increases with...

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 achievements in education as well as its...

In this paper, we analyse how increasing student migration from a less developed to a developed country alters education policy in the developed country, and how it affects human capital and welfare in the two countries. We argue that a higher permanent migration probability, i.e., a higher...