Brain Drain and Brain Gain - The Global Competition to Attract High-Skilled Migrants (Hardcover, New)

The worldwide race to attract talents is getting tougher. The US has been leading the race, with its ability to attract PhD candidates and graduates not only from emerging countries, but also from the European Union. However, a growing number of countries have adopted immigration policies specifically aimed at selecting and attracting skilled workers. This book describes the global competition to attract talents. It focuses in particular on two phenomena: the brain gain and brain drain associated with high-skilled migration.
Part I provides an overview of immigration policies designed to draw in skilled workers. It describes the economic gains associated with skilled immigration in the destination countries and the main determinants of the inflows of skilled immigrants (such as wage premia on education and R&D spending). It also discusses why skill-selective immigration policies do not find more support in receiving countries and shows that interest groups are actively engaged in affecting policies towards skilled migrants. Part II examines the consequences of brain drain for the sending countries. It reviews the channels through which skilled emigration can affect the source countries and looks at remittances, return migration, diaspora externalities, and network effects that may compensate the sending countries for their loss of human capital. Contrary to traditional wisdom, the results indicate that most developing countries experience a net gain from skilled emigration.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fondazione Rodolfo Debendetti Reports
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Tito Boeri • Herbert Brucker • Frederic Docquier • Hillel Rapoport
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-965482-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
LSN:	0-19-965482-4
Barcode:	9780199654826

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