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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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Brain Drained: A Tale of Two Countries

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

drain from the latter to the former that is unparalleled in the western world. The number of Israelis in the top 40 American …

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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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...

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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...

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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

Akcigit, Ufuk; Baslandze, Salomé; Stantcheva, Stefanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper studies the effect of top tax rates on inventors' mobility since 1977. We put special emphasis on "superstar" inventors, those with the most and most valuable patents. We use panel data on inventors from the United States and European Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over...

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Estimating Labour Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration from Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper presents a modified and improved methodology for the decomposition of wage differentials between two groups of workers into an endowment component and a discrimination component. The standard decomposition technique does not take into account different probabilities of entering the...

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Migration in an enlarged EU: A challenging solution?

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as … analysis of the available literature and empirical evidence shows that (i) EU enlargement had a significant impact on migration … hard to detect, (iv) post-enlargement migration contributes to growth prospects of the EU, (v) these immigrants are …

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