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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2022
Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet, before the COVID-19 pandemic, student visa applicants already faced an approximately 27 percent refusal rate that varies by time and region. Using data on the universe of SAT takers...
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The road to the economics of Brexit : a new direction in economic research
Mărginean, Silvia Cristina; Orăştean, Ramona; Sava, … - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 6, pp. 1665-1682
contributions and group them in four research directions: overall economic implications of Brexit; Brexit and trade; migration and …
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Diasporas and economic development : a review of the evidence and policy
Bahar, Dany - 2020
The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and …
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Aid, remittances, medical brain drain and child mortality : evidence using inter and intra-country data
Chauvet, Lisa; Gubert, Flore; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 49 (2013) 6, pp. 801-818
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The economic consequences of "Brain Drain" of the best and brightest : microeconomic evidence from five countries
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2010
show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries … send remittances; but that involvement in trade and foreign direct investment is a rare occurrence. There is considerable …
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The effect of occupation-specific brain drain on human capital
Heuer, Nina - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis of a beneficial brain drain using occupation-specific data on migration from developing … impact of high-skilled south-north migration on human capital in the sending economies differed across occupational groups … significantly stronger for professionals' the occupational category with the largest incidence of south-north migration and the …
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Immigrants and firms' productivity : evidence from France
Mitaritonna, Cristina; Orefice, Gianluca; Peri, Giovanni - 2014
Immigrants may complement native workers, increase productivity, allow specialization by skill in the firm and lower costs. These effects could be beneficial for the firm and increase its productivity and profits. However not all firms use immigrants. Allowing firms to have differential fixed...
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The Economic Consequences of 'Brain Drain' of the Best and Brightest : Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
Gibson, John - 2010
show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries … send remittances; but that involvement in trade and foreign direct investment is a rare occurrence. There is considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139051
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Immigrants and Firms' Productivity : Evidence from France
Mitaritonna, Cristina - 2014
Immigrants may complement native workers, increase productivity, allow specialization by skill in the firm and lower costs. These effects could be beneficial for the firm and increase its productivity and profits. However not all firms use immigrants. Allowing firms to have differential fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055899
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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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