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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms
Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786231
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On the robustness of brain gain estimates
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus … impact of brain drain migration on gross (pre-migration) human capital formation in developing countries. We found a positive … effect of skilled migration prospects on human capital growth in a cross-section of 127 developing countries, with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269646
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Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261555
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Brain drain and its determinants: a major issue for small states
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268800
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Brain drain and its determinants : a major issue for small states
Beine, Michel (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666467
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Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2002
recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204721
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Brain Drain and LDCs’ Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763849
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Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2002
recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008553042
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On the Robustness of Brain Gain Estimates
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus … impact of brain drain migration on gross (pre-migration) human capital formation in developing countries. We found a positive … effect of skilled migration prospects on human capital growth in a cross-section of 127 developing countries, with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011898
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On the robustness of brain gain estimates
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus … impact of brain drain migration on gross (pre-migration) human capital formation in developing countries. We found a positive … effect of skilled migration prospects on human capital growth in a cross-section of 127 developing countries, with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879328