Rent-seeking activities and the `brain gain' effects of migration

Baochun Peng

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, vol. 42, issue 4, 1561-1577

Abstract: This paper studies migration and rent-seeking activities in a framework of heterogeneous ability. It is shown that, despite the depletion of productive resources known as the `brain drain,' the possibility of migration could sufficiently reduce participation in rent-seeking activities and increase participation in productive activities such that the net effect of migration is a `brain gain.' Moreover, the possibility of migration that sufficiently enlarges the relative reward to ability in the productive sector could result in qualitative improvements in the allocation of talent.

JEL-codes: F22 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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