In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international migration, brain drain, and economic growth, but few papers analyzed the growth impact of skilled migration. The paper filled the research gap by building the first dataset on...

Aufsehen erregend der Titel, nicht minder der Untertitel, am wenigsten der Inhalt! Erstmals wird hier der große Technologietransfer beschrieben, der in den Nachkriegsjahren aus Mitteldeutschland in die drei Westzonen bzw. die junge Bundesrepublik stattgefunden hat. Gut recherchiert und auch...

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...