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Who benefits from return migration to developing countries? : despite returnees being a potential resource, not all developing countries benefit from their return

Wahba, Jackline - 2015

Return migration can have multiple benefits. It allows migrants who have accumulated savings abroad to ease credit constraints at home and set up a business. Also, emigrants from developing countries who have invested in their human capital may earn higher wages when they return. However,...

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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 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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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...

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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. 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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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? : evidence from international survey data

Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/12, 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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International knowledge flows and technological advance : the role of migration

Douglas, Kacey N. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 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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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

Purpose Human capital flight from developing countries to developed nations has been rising and giving concerns to 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...

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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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The productivity of return migrants : the case of China’s "Sea Turtles"

Sun, Wei - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

This paper explores the productivity differential between return migrants (“Sea Turtles”) and non-migrants through a case study of China’s venture capital (VC) industry. I find that even after correcting for selection bias, return venture capitalists are less productive than comparable...

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