Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
foster education investment at home or, in other words, induce a brain gain. In a recent paper (Beine, Docquier and Rapoport … impact of brain drain migration on gross (pre-migration) human capital formation in developing countries. We found a positive … elasticity of about 5 percent. In this paper we assess the robustness of our results to the use of alternative brain drain …