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author = "Docquier, Frédéric"
Transferts publics et transition démographique en Belgique: une approche par l'équilibre général
Author(s) :
Docquier, Frédéric
Description :
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Repository :
DI-fusion
Language(s) :
French
Brain drain and inequality across nations
Author(s) :
Docquier, Frédéric
Description :
Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. First, I present alternative measures of...
Repository :
EconStor
Language(s) :
English
La fuite des cerveaux entrave-t-elle la croissance européenne ?
Description :
Ce numéro de Regards Économiques est consacré au thème de la fuite des cerveaux européenne. Qualitativement, l'UE15 est déficitaire dans ses échanges de main d’œuvre éduquée avec le reste du monde. Ce déficit affecte les capacités d'innovation et d'adoption technologique. Il soulève des enjeux majeu...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
French
Documenting the brain drain of «la crème de la crème»: Three case-studies on international migration at the upper tail of the education distribution
Description :
Most of the recent literature on the effects of the brain drain on source countries consists of theoretical papers and cross-country empirical studies. In this paper we complement the literature through three case studies on very different regional and professional contexts: the African medical brai...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Debt-sharing and secession: A generational accounting approach
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This paper investigates one of the most important financial issues arising from a secession or a country partioning, namely the sharing of the national public debt. Extending Dr©·ze's distributive neutrality condition, we use the generational accounting technique and propose a dynamic debt-sharing c...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Growth and equality effects of pension plans
Description :
We investigate the balanced growth effects of pension plans on the rate of growth and on equalityin a closed economy where individual decisions about education are the engine of growth. We distinguish between pay-as-you-go and fully-funded pension systems and differentiate between three different be...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Social security benefit rules, growth and inequality
Description :
We examine the balanced growth effects of pension plans on the rate of growth and on income dispersion in a closed economy where individual decisions about education are the engine of growth. We distinguish between pay-as-you-go and fully funded pension systems and differentiate between three differ...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Skilled Migration and Business Networks
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The role of migrants' networks in promoting cross border investments has been stressed in the literature, possibly making migration and FDI complements rather than substitutes in the long run. In this paper, we estimate the magnitude of such business network externalities in dynamic empirical models...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Skilled migration : the perspectives of developing countries
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This chapter focuses on the e¤ects of skilled migration on developing countries. We first present new evidence on the magnitude of the ?brain drain? at the international level. Using a stylized model of education investment in a context of migration, we then survey the theoretical and empirical brai...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English
Globalization, brain drain and development
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This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern ...
Repository :
DIAL - Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie Louvain
Language(s) :
English