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19 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17199
Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16497
The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal
Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16222
Selective Migration and Economic Development: A Generalized Approach
Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15400
Brain Refrain and Human Capital Formation in Spain
Jose Blanco-Álvarez, Christopher Parsons, Sam Tang, Yong Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11551
Brain Drain-Induced Brain Gain and the Bhagwati Tax: Are Early and Recent Paradigms Compatible?
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11483
Beneficial Brain Drain and Non-Migrants' Welfare
Maurice Schiff
published as 'Brain drain, brain gain and optimal education policy: Implications for non-migrant welfare 'in: Revue d'économie du développement, 2020, 28, 5 - 29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11349
Are They Coming Back? The Mobility of University Students in Switzerland after Graduation
Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Review of Regional Research, 2019, 39(2), 189-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542
Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
published as 'Ability drain: size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1337- 1354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8881
International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Mary P. Arends-Kuenning, Alvaro Calara, Stella Go
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5864
Intellectual Property Rights, Migration, and Diaspora
Alireza Naghavi, Chiara Strozzi
revised and updated version published as 'Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation' in: Journal of International Economics, 2015, 96(1), 150–161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5730
Eight Questions about Brain Drain
John Gibson, David McKenzie
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25 (3), 107-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5124
The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
John Gibson, David McKenzie
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (560), 339 - 375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5048
Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde
Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97 (1), 32-45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4293
On the Robustness of Brain Gain Estimates
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 143 - 166
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3926
The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific
John Gibson, David McKenzie
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95 (1), 18-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3035
Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente
substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 5048
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2478
Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?
Panu Poutvaara
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (3), 591–608
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1599
Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Maurice Schiff
published in: Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Palgrave MacMillan: New York, 2006
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