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Brain drain or brain gain: A revisit

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  • Donald Lien
  • Yan Wang

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Recent literature has turned to the brain gain effect, instead of the brain drain effect, that emigration may bring to a source country. This paper, however, suggests brain drain remains a likely outcome. Suppose that foreign language skill affects an individual productivity when working abroad. A brain drain may occur when the (exogenously or endogenously determined) probability of immigration is large. We also consider the case that the probability of immigration is determined by a signal, and provide a condition under which the individual will under-invest in education, which results in a brain drain for the source country. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2005

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  • Donald Lien & Yan Wang, 2005. "Brain drain or brain gain: A revisit," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 18(1), pages 153-163, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:18:y:2005:i:1:p:153-163
    DOI: 10.1007/s00148-003-0174-x
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    1. Robert F. OWEN, 2017. "Migration, Human Capital, Brain Drain and Gain -A Perspective in Light of the EU’s Experience-," Economic Analysis, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), vol. 196, pages 200-236, December.
    2. Benedetto Torrisi & Giuseppe Pernagallo, 2022. "The Relationship Between Academic Well-Being and Territoriality in Italy," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 161(2), pages 413-431, June.
    3. Vincenzo Marinello & Guglielmo L.M. Dinicol�, 2018. "Drivers Of Brain Drain Phenomenon.Possible Association Between Macroeconomic Variables In The International Framework," RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, SIEDS Societa' Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. 72(1), pages 51-60, January-M.
    4. Bernard Franck & Robert F. Owen, 2009. "International Human Capital Formation, Brain Drain and Brain Gain: A conceptual Framework," Working Papers hal-00421166, HAL.
    5. Maimunah Ismail & Mageswari Kunasegaran & Roziah Mohd Rasdi, 2014. "Evidence Of Reverse Brain Drain In Selected Asian Countries: Human Resource Management Lessons For Malaysia," Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University, vol. 5(1).
    6. Mohd. Aslam Bhat & Tareak A. Rather, 2016. "International Worker Migration and Remittances in South Asia: A Landscape of India’s Emerging Scenario," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 59(3), pages 397-417, September.
    7. Zenzele Weda & Rian Villiers, 2021. "Partial and Virtual Return: the Willingness of Migrant Zimbabwean Teachers in South Africa to Participate in Skills Transfer," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 849-864, September.
    8. David E. Wildasin, 2014. "Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy," CESifo Working Paper Series 4794, CESifo.
    9. Dong, Baomin & Fu, Shihe & Gong, Jiong & Fan, Hanwen, 2014. "The Lame Drain," MPRA Paper 53825, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    10. Hung‐Ju Chen, 2009. "A Brain Gain Or A Brain Drain? Migration, Endogenous Fertility, And Human Capital Formation," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 47(4), pages 766-782, October.
    11. Bernard Franck & Robert F. Owen, 2015. "Human Capital Formation, International Labor Mobility and the Optimal Design of Educational Grants," Working Papers hal-01158239, HAL.
    12. Aaron Jackson & David Ortmeyer & Michael Quinn, 2013. "Are immigrants really attracted to the welfare state? Evidence from OECD countries," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 491-519, December.

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    Keywords

    F22; O15; J61; Brain gain; brain drain; probability of immigration;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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