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Eight questions about brain drain
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David - 2011
High-skilled emigration is an emotive issue that in popular discourse is often referred to as brain drain, conjuring images of extremely negative impacts on developing countries. Recent discussions of brain gain, diaspora effects, and other advantages of migration have been used to argue against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278489
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Migration for development : from challenges to opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
even return home at some time with better human capital. Functioning diasporas can lead to stable factors of development …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … an effective development policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114016
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Diaspora externalities
Rapoport, Hillel - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 10 (2019) 2/5, pp. 1-26
This review article surveys the recent economic literature on diaspora networks, globalization, and development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064002
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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806518
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Migration for Development: From Challenges to Opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
even return home at some time with better human capital. Functioning diasporas can lead to stable factors of development …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … an effective development policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011648155
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Expelling excellence : exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States
Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024
development. It is misdirected because, as we show, the stringency of the List bears an erratic and even counterproductive … relationship to the development level of the targeted countries. The List is also opaque: there have been no public estimates of …, balancing the national interest with evidence-based support for overseas development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062368
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The brain drain from developing countries : the brain drain produces many more losers than winners in developing countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2014
The proportion of foreign-born people in rich countries has tripled since 1960, and the emigration of high-skilled people from poor countries has accelerated. Many countries intensify their efforts to attract and retain foreign students, which increases the risk of brain drain in the sending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416347
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Losing our minds? : new research directions on skilled migration and development
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of human capital and development, and describes five ways that research has … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307889
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants : many proposed policies on skilled migration do little to improve skill stocks or development outcomes, but promising options exist
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with … compassionate and political sentiments without clear evidence that the regulations achieve the desired development goals and avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433686
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Expelling excellence: Exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States
Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024
development. It is misdirected because, as we show, the stringency of the List bears an erratic and even counterproductive … relationship to the development level of the targeted countries. The List is also opaque: there have been no public estimates of …, balancing the national interest with evidence-based support for overseas development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015063416