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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

Skilled migration: the perspective of developing countries

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Rapoport, Hillel
Description : This chapter focuses on the effects 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 brain...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Measuring skilled emigration rates: the case of small states

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Schiff, Maurice
Description : Recent changes in information and communication technologies (ICT) have contributed to a dramatic increase in the integration and interdependence of countries, markets and people. This paper focuses on an increasingly important aspect of globalization, the international movement of people, with emph...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Globalization, brain drain and development

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Rapoport, Hillel
Description : 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 : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Brain drain in developing regions (1990 - 2000)

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Lohest, Olivier , Marfouk, Abdeslam
Description : In this paper, we analyze the distribution of the brain drain in the LAC region (Latin America and the Caribbean), Asia and Africa. We rely on an original data set on international migration by educational attainment for 1990 and 2000. Our analysis reveals that the brain drain is strong in Eastern, ...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Optimal accumulation in an endogenous growth setting with human capital

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Paddison, Oliver , Pestieau, Pierre
Description : This paper considers a three-overlapping-generations model of endogenous growth wherein human capital is the engine of growth. It first contrasts the laissez-faire and the optimal solutions. Three possible accumulation regimes are distinguished. Then it discusses a standard set of tax-transfer instr...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Should the US have locked the heaven's door? Reassessing the benefits of the postwar immigration

Author(s) : Chojnicki, Xavier , Docquier, Frédéric , Ragot, Lionel
Description : This paper examines the economic impact of the second great immigration wave (1945-2000) on the US economy. Contrary to recent studies, we estimate that immigration induced important net gains and small redistributive effects among natives. Our analysis relies on a computable general equilibrium mod...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Brain drain and its determinants: a major issue for small states

Author(s) : Beine, Michel , Docquier, Frédéric , Schiff, Maurice
Description : 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 reactions ...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

Author(s) : Beine, Michel , Docquier, Frédéric , Schiff, Maurice
Description : This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education....
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Author(s) : Docquier, Frédéric , Rapoport, Hillel , Salomone, Sara
Description : We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiv...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English
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Found 14 documents, displaying page 1 of 2