Brain drain
Recommended reading
- Globalization, skilled migration and poverty alleviation: brain drains in context
- ( R. Skeldon / Sussex Centre for Migration Research , 2005)
- The paper provides an analysis of skilled migration and identifies main global trends. It goes on to examine the globalisation of education and of health as reflected in the movement of students and h...
- Rethinking the brain drain
- ( O. Stark / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn , 2003)
- This paper addresses the concerns voiced by the World Development Report about the exodus of trained workers from poorer countries. It turns this concern on its head and argues that the prospect of mi...
- Skilled migration: the perspective of developing countries
- ( F. Docquier; H. Rapoport / World Bank , 2004)
- This paper examines the consequences of skilled migration for developing countries. The authors first present new evidence on the magnitude of migration of skilled workers at the international level a...
- International migration, remittances and the brain drain
- ( M. Schiff; C. Ozden / World Bank Publications , 2005)
- This study examines the economic effects of migration, especially its impact on economic development. A compilation of articles are structured into two parts in the volume. Through four case studies (...
- From brain drain to brain gain: how the WTO can make migration a win-win
- ( D.W. te Velde; S. Grimm / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- This short article examines the issues surrounding international free trade in labour markets. The article argues that for all the rhetoric about free trade, the one thing that is not allowed to roam ...
- Migration and remittances: the impact on the countries of origin
- ( R. Faini / European Development Research Network , 2006)
- This paper argues that: migration is typically associated with a welfare loss in sending countries unless remittances are sufficiently high remittances are a declining function of the skil...
- The brain drain: what do we know?
- ( F. Docquier; K. Sekkat / Agence française de développement , 2006)
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How are countries affected when their skilled and talented workers emigrate? This paper offers a comprehensive and updated review of existing studies on the brain drain.
It analyses the determinant...
- Brain drain and inequality across nations
- ( F. Docquier / European Development Research Network , 2006)
- This paper reviews existing literature on brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. Although the brain drain is a...
