This paper focuses on the role of R&D efforts – both domestic and foreign – and human capital investments to the development of national productivity. As technology is also embodied in human capital, the paper empirically investigates the significance of labour mobility as an effective...

F35, F22, C23 </AbstractSection> Copyright Ugarte Ontiveros and Verardi; licensee Springer. 2012

F22, J24, J61, J64. </AbstractSection> Copyright Beine and Sekkat; licensee Springer. 2013

Increasing international migratory flows in the last four decades is one of the most visible manifestations of the globalization process. In spite of its potential positive effect on global efficiency and well-being, little progress has been made in designing and promoting a normative and...

<i>Существенным фактором снижения человеческого капитала постсоветской России считают эмиграцию научных кадров «утечку мозгов». Статистика показывает, однако,...</i>

Highly skilled migration has represented one of the most important characteristic of the global development over the years.The importance of the „brain drain" phenomenon is very high as implies highly qualified labor force - that represents those individuals that countries at least afford to...

Two trends in international migration flows have attracted much attention recently: (i) the growing feminisation of migration flows; and (ii) the increasing selectivity of migration towards the highly skilled, which in turn has given rise to renewed concerns about the "brain drain" consequences...

Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. First, I present alternative...

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...

Why do people leave high-income countries with extensive welfare states? This article will examine what underlies the emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand emigration from high-income countries we focus not...