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Emigration prospects and educational choices : evidence from the Lorraine-Luxembourg corridor

Beine, Michel; Fromentin, Vincent; Sánchez Bachiller, … - 2026 - Original version: June 2024, this version: Februar 2026

An extensive literature has documented the incentive effect of emigration prospects in terms of human capital accumulation at origin. Less attention has been paid to the impact on specific educational choices. Using novel data from graduates from the University of Lorraine (France) we find that...

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Emigration prospects and educational choices : evidence from the Lorraine-Luxembourg corridor

Beine, Michel; Fromentin, Vincent; Bachiller, Javier … - 2024

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Brain drain, education subsidy and the Bhagwati tax

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2026

An early view, associated with the Bhagwati tax, is that skilled migration - i.e., a brain drain - has a negative impact on migrants' source countries. A more recent view is that a brain drain generates a brain gain which can have a positive impact on source countries. This view is based on a...

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Brain Drain, Education Subsidy and the Bhagwati Tax

Schiff, Maurice - 2026

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Brain drain, education subsidy and the Bhagwati tax

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2026

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Expelling excellence : exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States

Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024

We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List. This List mandates that to become eligible for long-term status in the U.S., certain high-skill visitors must reside in their home countries for two years after participation...

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Selective migration and economic development : a generalized approach

Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, Frédéric - 2025

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Selective migration and economic development : a generalized approach

Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023

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Brain gain and country's resilience : a dependency analysis exemplified by OECD countries

Mishchuk, Halyna; Oliinyk, Olena; Bilan, Yuriy - 2024

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Benefits and costs of brain and ability drain

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2024

Ability drain's (𝐴𝐷) impact on host countries is significant: 30 percent of US Nobel laureates since 1906 are immigrants, and they or their children founded 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The article first provides a detailed description of the multiple home country benefits...

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Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain

Schiff, Maurice - 2024

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Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain

Schiff, Maurice - 2024

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Benefits and costs of brain and ability drain

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2024

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The IT boom and other unintended consequences of chasing the American dream

Khanna, Gaurav; Morales, Nicolas - 2024

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Emigration prospects and educational choices: Evidence from the Lorraine-Luxembourg corridor

Beine, Michel; Fromentin, Vincent; Sánchez Bachiller, … - 2026

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The within-country distribution of brain drain and brain gain effects : a case study on Senegal

Bocquier, Philippe; Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Docquier, Frédéric - 2024

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The within-country distribution of brain drain and brain gain effects : a case study on Senegal

Bocquier, Philippe; Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023

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High versus low skilled migration, corruption and trade

Mundra, Kusum; Liu, Tianhao - 2026

This paper shows that immigrants not only have differential effects on trade based on their skill levels but that they play an additional role in facilitating bilateral trade if their origin country has a higher level of corruption and weaker institutions. Using immigrant stock across skill...

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Navigating the brain drain crisis : knowledge, visibility, sentiment, and divergence on X (formerly Twitter) among English, Spanish, and Italian users

Park, Jimi; Pitassi, Nicole - 2026

Brain drain, the emigration of highly skilled workers, is both a pressing policy issue and a cultural frame for examining how societies negotiate belonging, loss, and opportunity. Using data from X (formerly known as Twitter) across English, Spanish, and Italian debates, this study examines...

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AI adoption, structural constraints and inclusive growth : evidence from Greece

Bartzokas, Anthony; Kostis, Pantelis Ch. - 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly characterized as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) capable of reconfiguring work, accelerating digitalization, and raising aggregate productivity. Yet the pace and inclusiveness of AI adoption depend less on technical potential than on complementary...

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Ensuring the quality of higher education and its impact on country attractiveness for international students

Bilan, Yuriy; Oliinyk, Olena; Mishchuk, Halyna; … - 2026

The migration activity of students as one of the important factors of changes in the intellectual potential and economic development of countries requires a constant search for the causes and pull factors. To this end, our study analyses the impact of higher education quality factors. For this...

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America’s self-inflicted brain drain

2026

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The effect of retaining high-skilled international graduates : evidence from the STEM OPT extension

Kwon, Seoyoung; Lee, Jongkwan; Monras, Joan - 2026

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The effect of retaining high-skilled international graduates : evidence from the STEM OPT extension

Kwon, Seoyoung; Lee, Jongkwan; Monras, Joan - 2026

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Global sequencing of researcher migration reveals factors associated with disparities in subnational patterns of brain gain and drain

Slocombe, Hannah; Rowe, Francisco; Akbaritabar, Aliakbar - 2026

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Brain freeze : how international student exclusion will shape the STEM workforce and economic growth in the United States

Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2026

This paper examines how proposed U.S. restrictions on international students would affect the nation's STEM workforce and long-run economic growth. Focusing on the most common pipeline from U.S. universities to the labor market, we show that international education is the principal mechanism by...

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Capturing the positive effects of brain drain through return migration policies : an analysis of the 1980-2022 Moroccan experience

Gasmi, Farid; Kouakou, Dorgyles C. M.; Metevier, Samantha; … - 2026

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Human capital in the heartland : evidence on brain drain

Winters, John V. - 2026

The Midwestern United States is often called the Heartland of America. The Heartland was once an engine of American economic growth, but technological change and industrial restructuring have made it difficult for many places to thrive. Skilled workers are critical for regional economic...

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Brain drain on the fast train : high-speed connections and student mobility

Frattola, Edoardo; Lazzaro, Elena; Lopresti, Ilaria; … - 2026

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Tax incentives and return migration

Bassetto, Jacopo; Ippedico, Giuseppe - 2026

We study how tax incentives affect the return migration of high-skilled expatriates to their home country, exploiting a generous income tax break for returnees in Italy. Using administrative data and a Triple-Difference design, we estimate a migration elasticity to the average net-of-tax rate...

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Tax incentives and return migration

Bassetto, Jacopo; Ippedico, Giuseppe - 2024

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Tax incentives and return migration

Bassetto, Jacopo; Ippedico, Giuseppe - 2024

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Who stays, who leaves? : evidence from administrative records on the skilled worker route

2026

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The political economy of brain drain

Grigoriadis, Theocharis; Veselov, Dmitriy - 2026

This paper develops a political-economy game of skilled exit, redistribution, repression, and regime survival. Skilled workers are economically valuable because they become entrepreneurs, pay taxes, and generate productive externalities for low-skilled workers. They are also politically...

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Taxes on international students : demand and supply response for post-graduation foreign workers on optional practical training

Clemens, Michael A. - 2026

The US government has proposed various taxes on high-skill immigration. The effects of such taxes hinge on price elasticities of demand and supply that the literature has rarely measured. I estimate key elasticities to evaluate a $100,000 tax on Optional Practical Training (OPT) work permits for...

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Agglomeration of knowledge intensive activities as driver of high skilled inter-regional migration : a gravity model with Spanish labor mobility data

Blanco-Álvarez, Jose; González-López, Manuel - 2026

Human capital is considered one of the main drivers of long-term economic development, justifying large public investments in higher education. However, the existence of externalities in the form of agglomeration economies can induce high-skilled individuals to migrate into a reduced number of...

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Growing without divergence : the impact of innovation on low- and high-skilled migration in China

Ge, Suqin; Guo, Naijia; Huang, Zibin; Zhang, Junsen; … - 2026

This paper examines how innovation shapes migration across skill groups. Using Chinese data, we find that cities with faster patent growth attract more low-skilled than high-skilled migrants, opposite to patterns in developed countries. These cities see similar wage growth for both groups but...

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Student mobility into and out of Northern Ireland : what brain drain?

Devlin, Anne; O'Reilly, Maureen; Doran, Áine; Hoyle, Bryony - 2026

Student mobility in Northern Ireland is a recurring topic in media coverage and policy debate, and among higher education stakeholders such as universities, schools, and further education providers. Despite this attention, the supporting evidence base remains limited. This study aims to address...

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Taxes on high-skill immigration : demand and supply response in the international Student-OPT-Work visa pipeline

Clemens, Michael A. - 2026

Governments traditionally use quotas to limit immigration, but the US government has recently proposed taxes on immigration, focused on high-skill foreign workers. The effects of a high-skill immigration tax hinge on price elasticities of demand and supply that the literature has rarely...

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Restricting mothers' international migration and human capital investment

Hasebe, Takuya; Noritomo, Yuma; Weeraratne, Bilesha - 2025

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How user sentiments on the Italian brain drain shape social media engagement

Pitassi, Nicole; Park, Jimi - 2026

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Political directors and the recruitment of foreign workers

Sauerwald, Steve; Norlander, Peter - 2026

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High-skilled migration from Myanmar : responses to signals of political and economic stabilization

Ghorpade, Yashodhan; Imtiaz, Muhammad Saad; Han, Theingie - 2025

In recent years Myanmar has witnessed considerable economic and political instability, leading many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to consider migrating abroad for improved prospects. We employ an innovative method to quantify migration intentions among high-skilled youth by...

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Las periferias mudas : anatomía de un centralismo que debilita a España y la fragilidad de las élites territoriales

Enguix Oliver, Salvador - 2026 - Primera edición

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Cost benefit of academic mobility, brain drain and migration : Western Balkans in a crossroad

Kacani, Jolta; Trunk, Aleš; Qorraj, Gazmend; Shaqiri, … - 2025

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Migration, child education, human capital accumulation, and a brain dilution tax

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2025

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Migration, child education, human capital accumulation, and a brain dilution tax

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2025

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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment

Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2023

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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment

Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019

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International applicability of education and migration aspirations

Kulka, Amrita; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu; … - 2025

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International applicability of education and migration aspirations

Kulka, Amrita; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu; … - 2023

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Brain gains : a cross-country study on the relationship between remittances and entrepreneurship

Bedi, Joshua K.; Jia, Shaomeng; Williamson Kramer, Claudia - 2023

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Brain Gains : A Cross-Country Study on the Relationship Between Remittances and Entrepreneurship

Bedi, Joshua - 2020

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The fatal consequences of brain drain

Dodini, Samuel; Lundborg, Petter; Løken, Katrine V.; … - 2025

This paper examines the welfare consequences of reallocating high-skilled labor across borders. A labor demand shock in Norway - driven by a surge in oil prices - substantially increased physician wages and sharply raised the incentive for Swedish doctors to commute across the border. Leveraging...

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The fatal consequences of brain drain

Dodini, Samuel; Lundborg, Petter; Løken, Katrine V.; … - 2025

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The fatal consequences of brain drain

Dodini, Samuel; Lundborg, Petter; Løken, Katrine V.; … - 2025

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Europeanizing universities : a catalyst for social cohesion and sustainable economic development

Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2025

This paper explores the transformative potential of intra-EU student mobility as a cornerstone for fostering social cohesion, economic resilience, and pan-European identity. By analyzing historical trajectories, policy frameworks (e.g., Erasmus+), and case studies from Denmark, the Netherlands,...

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A new perspective on European labour migration : a case study of the opportunity cost for Greece and Poland

Marchand, Katrin; Liagkas, Pavlos; Smith, Dani; Wojnar, … - 2025

This paper addresses a critical gap in migration literature by quantifying the opportunity cost of labour emigration for countries of origin within the European Union, using Greece and Poland as case studies from 2004 to 2019. Despite the growing policy and academic interest in the effects of...

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Global gender gaps in the international migration of professionals on Linkedin

Jacobs, Elizabeth; Theile, Tom; Perrotta, Daniela; … - 2025

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Brain drain or brain dilution tax : a sending countryʼs perspective

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2025

I investigate how taxing immigrants and redistributing the collected funds as educational subsidies influence human capital accumulation and growth in the source economy. The analysis is performed in a two-country growth model with endogenous fertility, in which public knowledge spillovers from...

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Analysis of funding for HRM and its relationship with brain drain in Greece from 2020 to 2024

Efthalitsidou, Kyriaki; Spinthiropoulos, Konstantinos G.; … - 2025

This study investigates the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and the phenomenon of brain drain in Greece during the period 2020-2024. In the context of economic uncertainty and demographic shifts, the emigration of skilled professionals has posed serious challenges...

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A migration miracle? Indian migration to Germany : opportunities and challenges

Kipp, David - 2025

The number of Indian migrants in Germany has risen sharply in recent years. In particular, they are helping alleviate the shortage of skilled workers in STEM professions. For Germany, India is the most important country of origin for labour and education migration. Currently, the profile of...

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Brain drain or economic gain? : Untangling the global migration-growth puzzle through causality and time-frequency lenses

Dissanayake, Pramoda; Chloe, Lucius; Azmi, Yusra; … - 2025

This study investigates the complex causal relationships between net migration and economic growth at the global, income group, and country levels, framing these dynamics within the evolving landscape of global economic integration and disparities, thereby addressing the enduring "brain drain or...

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A quantitative general equilibrium approach to migration, remittances, and brain drain

Céspedes, Nikita - 2025

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A quantitative general equilibrium approach to migration, remittances and brain drain

Céspedes, Nikita - 2011

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Northeast migrants in Delhi : race, refuge and retail

McDuie-Ra, Duncan - 2025 - First edition.

List of Maps and Images, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Leaving the Northeast, 3 Coming to Delhi, 4 Backward, Head-hunter, Sexy, Chinky, 5 Provincial Men, Worldly Women, 6 Place-making in the City, 7 Conclusion, Short Biographical Note on the Author, Bibliography, Index

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Mobility in transition : migration patterns after EU enlargement

2025 - First edition.

1 Introduction, PART I STUDYING MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CONCEPTS, DYNAMICS AND CHANGING PATTERNS, PART II POST-ACCESSION MIGRATION, LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION AND MIGRATION STRATEGIES, PART III RETURN MIGRATION, Contributors

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Mobility in transition : migration patterns after EU enlargement

2013

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The "ethical recruitment" of international nurses : Germany's liberal health worker extractivism

Hanrieder, Tine; Janauschek, Leon - 2025

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