International migration and "educated unemployment"

Oded Stark and C. Simon Fan

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Abstract: This paper provides a novel explanation of 'educated unemployment,' which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that 'educated unemployment' is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is, by the possibility of a 'brain drain.' In addition, the analysis shows that a developing country may end up with more educated workers despite the brain drain and educated unemployment.

Keywords: International migration; Human capital formation; "Educated unemployment"; Beneficial brain drain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 J61 J64 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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