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Optimal education policy and human capital accumulation in the context of brain drain
Djajić, Slobodan; Docquier, Frédéric; Michael, Michael S. - 2018
conflicting effects on the optimal provision of public education. A positive response is called for when the international earning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910685
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy : theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
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:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519903
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Measuring skilled emigration rates : the case of small states
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor);  … - 2008
globalization, the international movement of people, with emphasis on the mobility of skilled people. This issue is of great concern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666468
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Selective migration and economic development : a generalized approach
Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023
International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development … of the world population living in extreme poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288247
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Skilled migration : the perspective of developing countries
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor);  … - 2007
magnitude of the "brain drain" at the international level. Using a stylized model of education investment in a context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609757
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A gendered assessment of the brain drain
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652663
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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility
Beine, Michel (contributor);  … - 2008
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 … their country of origin. -- International migration ; endogenous fertility ; human capital ; social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793572
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Brain drain and its determinants : a major issue for small states
Beine, Michel (contributor);  … - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666467
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Brain drain and inequality across nations
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor) - 2006
externalities, quality of governance and increasing return to education. Whilst many scientists and international institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499223
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Emigration and democracy
Docquier, Frédéric; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, … - 2011
Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. We find that emigration and human capital both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230198