Losses and gains to developing countries from the migration of educated workers: An overview of recent research, and new reflections

Oded Stark and C. Simon Fan

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Abstract: This paper synthesizes and extends recent research on 'The New Economics of the Brain Drain.' In a unified framework, the paper shows that while recently identified adverse repercussions of the brain drain exacerbate the long-recognized negative impact of the brain drain, longer-term consequences turn the brain drain into the harbinger of powerful gains. These gains have been studied already in recent research, or merit attention in future research.

Keywords: International migration; Human capital formation; Overeducation; 'Educated unemployment'; Beneficial brain drain; Social welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I30 J24 J61 J64 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Working Paper: Losses and Gains to Developing Countries from the Migration of Educated Workers: An Overview of Recent Research, and New Reflections (2007)
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