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International knowledge flows and technological advance: The role of migration

Douglas, Kacey N. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-16

This paper investigates whether knowledge flows from host to source country as a result of migration, alleviating the negative effects associated with outward migration. Using a fixed effects Poisson regression, patent citations are used as a proxy for knowledge flows and regressed on...

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Global skill partnerships: A proposal for technical training in a mobile world

Clemens, Michael A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-18

Skilled workers emigrate from developing countries in rising numbers, raising fears of a drain on the human and financial resources of the countries they leave. This paper critiques existing policy proposals to address the development effects of skilled migration. It then proposes a new kind of...

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The brain drain from developing countries

Docquier, Frédéric - In: IZA World of Labor (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...

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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants

Clemens, Michael A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...

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Diaspora externalities

Rapoport, Hillel - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 10 (2019) 2, pp. 1-26

This review article surveys the recent economic literature on diaspora networks, globalization, and development. Diasporas are shown to contribute to the economic and cultural integration of source (i.e., developing) countries into the global economy. I first review the effect of diaspora...

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The dynamics of international migration: Introduction

Stark, Oded - In: International Review of Economics and Finance 28 (2013), pp. 1-2

This special issue of the International Review of Economics and Finance contributes to the received literature of the dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human capital formation response to the prospect of...

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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? Evidence from international survey data

Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-30

Despite the bulk of international migrants being youth, little is known about the factors driving young people's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over the period 2010-2016, this study contributes to the...

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Do employers in Myanmar prefer workers who accumulated skills in more advanced countries? Evidence from a field experiment

Wah, Saw Htay - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 1, pp. 1-23

was accumulated (Singapore, Malaysia). In particular, I find a large and significant effect for software developers who … accumulated experience in Singapore and no significant effect for the same experience accumulated in Malaysia; the Singapore … experience for accountants and engineers. This is true for both the Singapore and Malaysia experiences, as well as for local and …

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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms

Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...

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Does aid induce brain drain? A panel data analysis

Ontiveros, Darwin Ugarte; Veradi, Vincenzo - In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

Recent evidence suggests that aid induces migration. This result is nevertheless not very informative from a policy perspective since what counts in terms of welfare consequences is the composition of migration. In this paper we focus on education and study which of skilled or unskilled...

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