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China’s Latent Human Capital Investment:Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educationalachievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as aneconomic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendousstrides in education both domestically and internationally …
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Brain drain and economic growth : evidence of productivity growth from brain circulation
Yu, Woosik - In: European journal of government and economics : EJGE 10 (2021) 2, pp. 128-145
This paper analyzes the effect of the so-called 'brain drain' on economic growth through the channel of growth in total factor productivity. We analyze panel data that measure the severity of brain drain, which are from IMD and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our analysis shows that...
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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 to the EU. The present paper examines the potential impacts, which BC may cause on the less developed sending countries (LDC). According to the adopted framework of innovative...
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Education policy, student migration, and brain gain
Haupt, Alexander; Krieger, Tim; Lange, Thomas - 2013
In this paper, we analyse how increasing student migration from a less developed to a developed country alters education policy in the developed country, and how it affects human capital and welfare in the two countries. We argue that a higher permanent migration probability, i.e., a higher...
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant...
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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant...
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
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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Losing our minds? : new research directions on skilled migration and development
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. The study singles out a core assumption underlying much of the recent literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of...
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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
We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List. This List mandates that to become eligible for long-term status in the U.S., certain high-skill visitors must reside in their home countries for two years after participation...
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