Arbeitspapier
Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers
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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 819
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
International Migration
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Thema
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brain drain
migration
growth
human capital formation
immigration policy
Brain Drain
Mobilität
Bildungsinvestition
Wirtschaftswachstum
Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
Theorie
Entwicklungsländer
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frédéric
Rapoport, Hillel
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Beine, Michel
- Docquier, Frédéric
- Rapoport, Hillel
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2003
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