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China‘s overt economic rise and latent human capital investment : achieving milestones and competing for the top
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in … students enrolled in Chinese higher education institutions has increased dramatically; China is producing serious scholars and … students find a rising interest in receiving education in China. -- China ; human capital ; brain drain ; higher education …
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China's latent human capital investment : achieving milestones and competing for the top
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 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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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985775
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Why migrate : for study or for work?
Brezis, Elise S. - 2016
Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and presents a unified model, wherein the two migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523737
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Mobility of students and quality of higher education : an empirical analysis of the "Unified Brain Drain" model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2013
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a "unified brain" drain model that incorporates the decisions of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209676
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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231008
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A back-door brain drain
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz - 2012
In this paper we study the impact of the international migration of unskilled workers on skill formation and the average skill level in the home country. We analyze what appears to be the least threatening scenario from the point of view of its effect on the supply of skills at home: namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515376
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Optimal education policy and human capital accumulation in the context of brain drain
Djajić, Slobodan; Docquier, Frédéric; Michael, Michael S. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910685
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Selective migration and economic development : a generalized approach
Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023
International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development in countries of origin. We establish the theoretical micro-foundations of the relationship between selective emigration and human capital accumulation in a multi-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288247
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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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