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A panel data analysis of the Brain drain
BEINE, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Defoort, cécily
2011In World Development: the Multi-Disciplinary International Journal Devoted to the Study and Promotion of World Development, 39 (4)
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Keywords :
Human capital; convergence; brain drain
Abstract :
[en] In this paper, we revisit the impact of skilled emigration on human capital accumulation using new panel data covering 147 12 countries during the period 1975–2000. We derive testable predictions from a stylized theoretical model and test them in dynamic regres- 13 sion models. Our empirical analysis predicts conditional convergence of human capital indicators. Our findings also reveal that skilled 14 migration prospects foster human capital accumulation in low-income countries. In these countries, a net brain gain can be obtained if 15 the skilled emigration rate is not too large (i.e., it does not exceed 20–30% depending on other country characteristics). In contrast, we 16 find no evidence of a significant incentive mechanism in middle-income, and not surprisingly, high-income countries.
Disciplines :
International economics
Author, co-author :
BEINE, Michel  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Docquier, Frédéric
Defoort, cécily
Language :
English
Title :
A panel data analysis of the Brain drain
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
World Development: the Multi-Disciplinary International Journal Devoted to the Study and Promotion of World Development
ISSN :
0305-750X
Publisher :
Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Volume :
39
Issue :
4
Peer reviewed :
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