This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

Existing research examining the self-selection of immigrants suffers from a lack ofinformation on the immigrants´ labor force activities in the home country, quotas limiting whois allowed to enter the destination country, and non-economic factors such as internal civilstrife in the home...

This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labor, an economy`s income gap to potential host economies of expatriates, and optimal public infrastructure investment. In a model with endogenous education and R&D investment decisions we show...

We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various componentspresented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate thephenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration...

Das Wanderungsverhalten von qualifizierten Arbeitskräften ist einwichtiger Indikator zur Beurteilung der internationalen WettbewerbsfähigkeitDeutschlands. In wie weit es gelingt, deutscheFach- und Führungskräfte aus dem wissenschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichenBereich am Standort zu halten...

We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various components presented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate the phenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration. It emerges that the remittances sent by the emigrating parents might...