International Migration, the Brain Drain and Poverty:A Cross Country Analysis

Cristina Cattaneo

No 212, KITeS Working Papers from KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

Abstract: The aim of the paper is threefold. First it empirically investigates the effect of international migration on poverty in origin countries, using data from a cross country analysis. Second it investigates the specific part of the income distribution from which migrants are drawn from, by comparing the effect of international migration on different income quintiles of the population. Finally it casts some light upon the implications of the brain drain on poverty. To capture the level of international migration, a variable is computed from a new data set, personally constructed, which contains bi-lateral information on the number of migrants produced by 149 origin nations and resident in 23 OECD destinations.

Keywords: International Migration; Migration Network; Brain Drain; Poverty. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I3 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 31
Date: 2008-01, Revised 2008-01
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Journal Article: International Migration, the Brain Drain and Poverty: A Cross‐country Analysis (2009)
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