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The impact of the EU Blue Card policy on economic growth in the African sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2010
In 2009 the EU adopted a new migration policy instrument - the Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting highly skilled workers … address the skill drain issues, we propose and examine alternative migration policy options for the LDC. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524082
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We … migration ; globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235188
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Brain gain : claims about its size and impact on welfare and growth are greatly exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor) - 2005
Based on static partial equilibrium analysis, the "new brain drain" literature argues that, by raising the return to education, a brain drain generates a brain gain that is, under certain conditions, larger than the brain drain itself, and that such a net brain gain results in an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002815345
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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127958
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Human capital flight and output growth nexus : evidence from Nigeria
Adeosun, Oluyemi Theophilus; Popogbe, Oluwaseyi Omowunmi - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 6 (2021) 3, pp. 206-222
governments and scholars alike. This paper aims to explore the impact migration from Nigeria has on economic output growth by … focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate …/methodology/approach Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615362
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Brain Gain : Claims About its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth are Greatly Exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice - 2021
Based on static partial equilibrium analysis, the new brain drain literature argues that, by raising the return to education, a brain drain generates a brain gain that is, under certain conditions, larger than the brain drain itself, and that such a net brain gain results in an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318516
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Migration to the EU : social and macroeconomic effects on sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel; Kielyte, Julda - 2016
In June 2016, the European Commission issued a new EU Blue Card proposal. This proposal is meant to make the EU more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries. While strengthening the knowledge economy of the EU, the potential impacts of the new Blue Card proposal on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784466
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Brain Drain and Productivity Growth : Are Small States Different?
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2021
This paper examines the impact of North-South trade-related technology diffusion on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The main findings are: i) TFP growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion, with education, and with the interaction between the two, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325310
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The African economy and its role in the world economy
Bigsten, Arne; Durevall, Dick - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003815825
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Ten reasons why Sub-Saharan Africa has failed to develop economically : can Africans succeed by themselves?
Didia, Dal O. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013548533