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China's latent human capital investment: Achieving milestones and competing for the top
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - 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 … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286011
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Regionalism in West Africa : Do Polar Countries Reap the Benefits? : A Role for Migration
Konseiga, Adama - 2005
In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international migration, brain drain, and economic growth, but few papers analyzed the growth impact of skilled migration. The paper filled the research gap by building the first dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262227
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International mobility of the highly skilled, endogenous R&D, and public infrastructure investment
Grossmann, Volker; Stadelmann, David - 2008
This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labor, an economy's income gap to potential host economies of expatriates, and optimal public infrastructure investment. In a model with endogenous education and R&D investment decisions we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268783
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Brain drain and its determinants: a major issue for small states
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 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...
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On the robustness of brain gain estimates
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus foster education investment at home or, in other words, induce a brain gain. In a recent paper (Beine, Docquier and Rapoport, Economic Journal, 2008) we used the Docquier and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269646
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Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the ?beneficial brain drain hypothesis? in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261555
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Beneficial Brain Drain and Non-Migrants' Welfare
Schiff, Maurice - 2018
Though a net brain gain has tended to be seen as a benefit and referred to as a 'beneficial brain drain' in the literature, its welfare impact for source country residents – or non-migrants – is at best ambiguous. Increased educational investment in response to a brain drain is equivalent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873487
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Skilled migration, FDI and human capital investment
Checchi, Daniele; De Simone, Gianfranco; Faini, Riccardo - 2007
It is commonly believed that accumulation of human capital (HC) and availability of physical and financial capitals are among the major determinants of economic growth. In a globalised world, where factors of production are increasingly mobile, the process of domestic accumulation of HC might be...
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Returning to the question of a wage premium for returning migrants
Barrett, Alan; Goggin, Jean - 2010
Using data from a large-scale survey of employees in Ireland, we estimate the extent to which people who have emigrated from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad. In so doing, we are testing the hypothesis that migration can be part of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269471
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The Brain Drain: Curse or Boon?
Commander, Simon; Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan - 2003
The migration of skilled individuals from developing countries has typically been considered to be costly for the sending country, due to lost investments in education, high fiscal costs and labour market distortions. Economic theory, however, raises the possibility of a beneficial brain drain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261546