A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain

In this paper, we revisit the impact of skilled emigration on human capital accumulation using new panel data covering 147 countries during the period 1975–2000. We derive testable predictions from a stylized theoretical model and test them in dynamic regression models. Our empirical analysis predicts conditional convergence of human capital indicators. Our findings 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., it does not exceed 20–30% depending on other country characteristics). In contrast, we find no evidence of a significant incentive mechanism in middle-income, and not surprisingly, high-income countries.

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Document type	Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type	Accès restreint
Publication date	2011
Language	Anglais
Journal information	"World Development" - Vol. 39, no. 4, p. 523-532 (2011)
Peer reviewed	yes
Publisher	Pergamon ((United Kingdom) Kidlington)
issn	0305-750X
e-issn	1873-5991
Publication status	Publié
Affiliations	UCL - SSH/LIDAM/IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales University of Luxembourg - CREA, CESifo University of Lille - EQUIPPE
MESH Subject	Human capital
Keywords	Convergence ; Brain drain
Links	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.009[DOI] http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/96924[Handle] https://doi.org/:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.00[DOI]

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	[boreal:5825]	A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain