This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries …. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm … to 2014 as a source of exogenous variation in the emigration rates from new EU member states. We argue that a potential …

An extensive literature has documented the incentive effect of emigration prospects in terms of human capital … discrete choice models. Incentive effects of emigration prospects are also found when accounting for the potential endogeneity … the incentive effect of emigration prospects. …

production function for human capital, the country' emigration rate, and the international wage differential. We use the model to …

Does the emigration of skilled individuals necessarily result in losses for source countries due to the brain drain …? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …