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Brain drain and factor complementarity

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  • Pieretti, Patrice

    (Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University)

  • Zou, Benteng

    (Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University)

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In this paper we develop a neoclassical growth model that aggregates different types of labor skills from strict complementarity to perfect substitution. After having derived general balanced growth conditions and developed explicit growth paths for capital and aggregate labor force, the model serves to qualitatively study the effect of brain drain on income and wages of the source country.

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  • Pieretti, Patrice & Zou, Benteng, 2011. "Brain drain and factor complementarity," Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers 380, Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University.
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    Keywords

    Brain drain; Migration; Complementarity; Growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical

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