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Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers

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dc.creator Beine, Michel
dc.creator Docquier, Frédéric
dc.creator Rapoport, Hillel
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:24Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:24Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20064
dc.identifier ppn:367378035
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20064
dc.description We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the ?beneficial brain drain hypothesis? in a cross-section of 50 developing countries. At the country-level, we find that most 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 the highly educated is above 20% and/or where the proportion of people with higher education is above 5%. While the number of winners is smaller, these include nearly 80% of the total population of the sample.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 819
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J24
dc.subject F22
dc.subject O15
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject brain drain
dc.subject migration
dc.subject growth
dc.subject human capital formation
dc.subject immigration policy
dc.subject Brain Drain
dc.subject Mobilität
dc.subject Bildungsinvestition
dc.subject Wirtschaftswachstum
dc.subject Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject Entwicklungsländer
dc.title Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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