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Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries

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Frédéric Docquier () (FNRS, IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain and IZA)
Hillel Rapoport () (Bar-Ilan University and EQUIPPE, Universités de Lille)

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This chapter focuses on the effects of skilled migration on developing countries. We first present new evidence on the magnitude of the -brain drain- at the international level. Using a stylized model of education investment in a context of migration, we then survey the theoretical and empirical brain drain literature in a unified framework. Finally we use a particular specification of the model to discuss a number of policy issues from the perspective of developing countries.

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Keywords: migration brain drain economic development

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F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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