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China‘s overt economic rise and latent human capital investment : achieving milestones and competing for the top

Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in … students enrolled in Chinese higher education institutions has increased dramatically; China is producing serious scholars and … students find a rising interest in receiving education in China. -- China ; human capital ; brain drain ; higher education …

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Why migrate : for study or for work?

Brezis, Elise S. - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-12

Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and presents a unified model, wherein the two migration...

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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment

Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019

Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...

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Why migrate : for study or for work?

Brezis, Elise S. - 2016

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Mobility of students and quality of higher education : an empirical analysis of the "Unified Brain Drain" model

Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2013

Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a "unified brain" drain model that incorporates the decisions of an...

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The Role of Higher Education in Human Capital Development

Adedeji, Olugbenga; Campbell, Omolara - 2014

This paper confirms earlier position that higher education is a sine-qua-non for human capital development and economic growth. However, the paper posits that the form of education that will translate to economic growth, especially, in Nigeria must place emphasis on the access to, content and...

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