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International Cooperation to Manage High‐Skill Migration: The Case of India–U.S. Relations

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  • Ted Davis
  • David M. Hart

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Highly skilled people are among the most valuable factors of production in the contemporary world economy. Some have characterized the competition among nations for these people as a “brain drain” or “war for talent,” which imposes significant costs on the countries of emigration. However, the distribution of costs and benefits that results from high‐skill migration is not necessarily zero‐sum or fixed. It may be altered through international cooperation, producing a self‐reinforcing “win–win” scenario for sending and receiving countries. Bilateral cooperation, focused on specific sectors affected by migration, is the most promising approach for realizing such a scenario. This paper explores the prospects and potential for such cooperation between India and the United States, which comprise what is probably the world's largest high‐skill mobility relationship. After sketching the broad contours of the relationship, we explore the prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation in three specific fields of high‐skill migration: information technology services, medicine and nursing, and graduate education.

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  • Ted Davis & David M. Hart, 2010. "International Cooperation to Manage High‐Skill Migration: The Case of India–U.S. Relations," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 27(4), pages 509-526, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:27:y:2010:i:4:p:509-526
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2010.00454.x
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