In this briefly note we extend the Mountford's article quot;Can a Brain Drain be good for growth in the source economy?quot; by introducing an active role of the government in the education decisions of the agent by public education, taxes and subsidies. First, we demonstrate that the main...

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...