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The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the US
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper uses US Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labour market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667016
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FDI, the Brain Drain and Trade: Channels and Evidence
de Melo, Jaime; Ivlevs, Artjoms - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper explores the links between the patterns of migration (high vs. low-skill), trade policy, and foreign direct …-skill intensive, emigration of high- skill labour leads to positive FDI, suggesting that migration and FDI are complements. Cross …-sectional analysis using FDI and emigration data for 103 migration-sending countries over the period 1990-2000 finds some support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124277
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Soaring Minds: The Flight of Israel’s Economists
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497751
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Brain Drained: A Tale of Two Countries
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper provides a comparative examination of how public universities in two countries, the United States and Israel, have evolved over the past few decades - and how differences between the two have culminated in a rate of academic brain drain from the latter to the former that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656177
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Remittances and the Brain Drain
Faini, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
somewhat controversial. The most recent literature has focused on the link between skilled out-migration and educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114298
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Brain drain in globalization: A general equilibrium analysis from the sending countries’ perspective
Docquier, Frédéric; Marchiori, Luca; Shen, I-Ling - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
High-skilled emigration has been found to affect developing economies via different channels. With a calibrated general equilibrium framework, this paper finds that the short-run impact of brain drain on resident human capital is extremely crucial, as it does not only determine the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468643
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements in education as well as its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002385
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Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces: Lessons from History
Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In the first global century before 1914, trade and especially migration had profound effects on both low-wage, labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656203
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What is the cost of retaining and attracting exceptional talents? Evidence from the Canada Research Chair program
Courty, Pascal; Sim, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The compensation of a professor who is awarded an internal Canada Research Chair (CRC) increases by 6.3 percent on average in our sample. This gain is large initially but quickly erodes over CRC tenure. The gain is slightly larger for professors who change university to obtain a CRC Chair....
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Determinants of International Migration: Empirical Evidence for Migration from Developing Countries to Germany
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
international migration from developing to developed countries. In addition, we look at the relationship between trade, development … and migration. Empirical studies focusing on international migration from Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are, so far …, very scarce. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset that is based on migration to Germany from 86 African and Asian …
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