| Reference : A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Business & economic sciences : International economics | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/5040 | |||
| A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain | |
| English | |
Beine, Michel  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) >] | |
| Defoort, Cécily [University of Lille 2] | |
| Docquier, Frederic [Université Catholique de Louvain] | |
| 2011 | |
| World Development Forum | |
| 39(4) | |
| 523-532 | |
| Yes | |
| International | |
| 0883-1556 | |
| [en] human capital ; brain drain ; convergence | |
| [en] In this paper, we revisit the impact of skilled emigration on human cap-
ital accumulation using new panel data covering 147 countries on the period 1975-2000. We derive testable predictions from a stylized theoretical model and test them in dynamic regression models. Our empirical analysis predicts con- ditional convergence of human capital indicators. Our ndings also reveal that skilled migration prospects foster human capital accumulation in low-income countries. In these countries, a net brain gain can be obtained if the skilled emigration rate is not too large (i.e. does not exceed 20 to 30 percent depend- ing on other country characteristics). On the contrary, we find no evidence of a signi ficant incentive mechanism in middle-income and, unsuprisingly, in high-income countries. | |
| Researchers ; Students ; Others | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/5040 |
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