Remittances and the brain drain: Evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Julia Bredtmann & Fernanda Martínez Flores & Sebastian Otten, 2019. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(7), pages 1455-1476, July.
- Bredtmann, Julia & Martínez Flores, Fernanda & Otten, Sebastian, 2018. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," EconStor Open Access Articles, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-22.
- Bredtmann, Julia & Martínez Flores, Fernanda & Otten, Sebastian, 2016. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 10367, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Julia Bredtmann & Fernanda Martínez Flores & Sebastian Otten, 2016. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1627, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
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migration; remittances; skill level; brain drain; Sub-Saharan Africa;JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INT-2016-11-20 (International Trade)
- NEP-MIG-2016-11-20 (Economics of Human Migration)
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