intellectual mobilization of the Southeast European countries' highly skilled Diaspora by creating opportunities for emergence of a … highly educated Diaspora by envisioning the creation of a brain circulation network that will foster a regular set of … alike, between the highly educated Diaspora and their counterparts in the countries of origin. This will provide expatriates …

In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and … extent of which depends on the level of IPRs protection in the sending country. We argue this to come from a diaspora channel … more likely for diaspora gains to dominate, thus facilitating a potential net brain gain. Our main theoretical insights are …

In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and … extent of which depends on the level of IPRs protection in the sending country. We argue this to come from a diaspora channel … more likely for diaspora gains to dominate, thus facilitating a potential net brain gain. Our main theoretical insights are …

skilled migration to the US, both Asian and European, and test whether foreign inventors' patents are disproportionately cited … by: (i) co-ethnic migrants ('diaspora' effect); and (ii) inventors residing in their country of origin ('brain gain …' effect). We find evidence of the diaspora effect for Asian countries, but not for European ones, with the exception of Russia …

Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus … impact of brain drain migration on gross (pre-migration) human capital formation in developing countries. We found a positive … effect of skilled migration prospects on human capital growth in a cross-section of 127 developing countries, with an …

The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and … this "diaspora capital". …

somewhat controversial. The most recent literature has focused on the link between skilled out-migration and educational … home thanks to a relatively larger flow of remittances. Skilled migrants typically earn relatively more and, ceteris … flow of remittances from skilled migrants. Hence, the sign of the impact of the brain drain on total remittances is an …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income … migration. Moreover, as predicted by our model, remittances increase with source countries' level and rate of migration … migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants …

, and remittances. It finds little support for the revisionist approach. First, a higher skilled content of migration is … unwarranted. First, sustained migratory flows may be associated with an equally large flow of remittances. Second, migrants may … to acquire skills by home residents. This paper takes a further look at the link between skilled migration, education …