Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis: The case of Cape Verde
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Brain drain; brain gain; international migration; human capital; effects of emigration in origin countries; household survey; Cape Verde; sub-Saharan Africa;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
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2009-04-05 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2009-04-05 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2009-04-05 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2009-04-05 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-MIG-2009-04-05 (Economics of Human Migration)
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