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The Brain Drain between Knowledge Based Economies: the European Human Capital Outflows to the US
Tritah, Ahmed - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2008
human capital outflow to the United States. I found that while emigration is about a small number of individuals, the share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062866
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants : many proposed policies on skilled migration do little to improve skill stocks or development outcomes, but promising options exist
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
on the emigration of doctors and engineers from developing countries. Others urge incentives to encourage skilled workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433686
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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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Firms left behind : emigration and firm productivity
Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2017
This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries …. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm … to 2014 as a source of exogenous variation in the emigration rates from new EU member states. We argue that a potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781018
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Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model
Marchiori, Luca; Pieretti, Patrice; Zou, Benteng - 2008
or decline due to a brain drain. Low skilled emigration leads to reversed results, while the overall impact on human … found that increased high skilled emigration reduces fertility and fosters human capital accumulation, while low skilled … emigration induces higher population growth and a lower level of education. -- Migration ; Human capital ; Fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003792879
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A Case against Taxes and Quotas on High-Skill Emigration - Working Paper 363
Clemens, Michael - 2014
Pigovian regulations on skilled emigration are inefficient and non-Pigovian regulations are inequitable and unethical. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783624
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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/10012005874
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Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Economic Growth in China
Ha, Wei; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
This paper examines the effects of both permanent and temporary emigration on human capital formation and economic …. First, the fixed effects model is employed to estimate the effect of emigration on school enrollment rates in the source … emigration ratio) is conducive to the improvement of both middle and high schools enrollments. In contrast, the magnitude of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507027
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Emigration and democracy
Docquier, Frédéric; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, … - 2011
emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled … (skilled) emigration has a positive (ambiguous) impact on institutional quality. Simulations show an impact of skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907761
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Emigration and democracy
Docquier, Frédéric; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, … - 2011
emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled … (skilled) emigration has a positive (ambiguous) impact on institutional quality. Simulations show an impact of skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230198