Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...

The correlation among agglomeration, externalities, and human capital growth is a question that requires extensive empirical and analytical investigation. This article hypothesizes that entities that cluster in geographic space take advantage of external economies and develop more rapidly than...

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...

Countries of the Western Balkans constitute an important part of the contemporary system of migration. Three important factors shape the current migration flows in the region: the socialist legacy, existing migrant networks, and migration policies, mainly of the receiving countries. This study...

This report provides an analysis of the issues related to female brain drain between Poland and Germany in the years 1989-2015: female and male migration patterns during specific time periods, the challenges of female migration, the emigration of highly-skilled individuals in Poland and Germany,...

The correlation among agglomeration, externalities, and human capital growth is a question that requires extensive empirical and analytical investigation. This article hypothesizes that entities that cluster in geographic space take advantage of external economies and develop more rapidly than...