This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and … literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of human capital and development, and describes five ways that research has … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development. …

feedback effects, those countries with high skilled emigration rates are the most candid victims to brain drain since they are …. -- Brain drain ; capital flow ; development ; human capital ; remittances …

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 increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled … (skilled) emigration has a positive (ambiguous) impact on institutional quality. Simulations show an impact of skilled …

in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration - is fundamentally …

-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from … skilled emigration, the evidence base on many of these is very limited. Moreover, the lessons from case studies of benefits to … China and India from skilled emigration may not be relevant to much smaller countries. This paper presents the results of …

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household … capital ; effects of emigration in origin countries ; household survey ; Cape Verde ; sub-Saharan Africa …