Eight Questions about Brain Drain

High-skilled emigration is an emotive issue that in popular discourse is often referred to as brain drain, conjuring images of extremely negative impacts on developing countries. Recent discussions of brain gain, diaspora effects, and other advanta...

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Main Authors:	Gibson, John, McKenzie, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADVANCED DEGREES AGED ANNUAL REMITTANCES BRAIN DRAIN BRAIN GAIN BRAIN WASTE CAPITA INCOME CAPITAL FLOWS CAREER CAREERS CENSUS DATA CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CITIZEN CIVIC PARTICIPATION COUNTRY PAIR DEFERRED COST RECOVERY DEGREES DEMOCRACY DESTINATION COUNTRY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIASPORA EARNINGS OF IMMIGRANTS EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT EMIGRATION EMIGRATION LEVELS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FAMILIES FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOREIGN STUDENTS FOREIGN WORKERS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FURTHER EDUCATION FUTURE RESEARCH GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POPULATION GLOBAL REMITTANCE GRADUATE EDUCATION GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SKILLED MIGRATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER INCOMES HIGHLY SKILLED EMIGRANTS HIGHLY SKILLED INDIVIDUALS HIV HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOST SOCIETY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES INCOME TAX INFANT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNAL BRAIN DRAIN INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LARGE POPULATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC LEVEL MASTERS DEGREES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SCHOOL MIGRANT MIGRANT NETWORKS MIGRANT STOCK MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION COSTS MIGRATION DATA MIGRATION DECISIONS MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY NATIONALS NORTH MIGRATION NURSE NURSES NURSING OPEN ACCESS PANDEMIC PAPERS PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POLICY CONCERN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION CENSUSES POPULATION SIZE PRESS RELEASE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL EMIGRATION PROFESSORS PROGRESS QUALITY EDUCATION RECIPIENT COUNTRY REMITTANCE REMITTANCE DATA REMITTANCES RETURN MIGRATION ROLE OF MIGRATION RURAL AREAS SCIENTIST SCIENTISTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION SEND REMITTANCES SKILL COMPOSITION SKILL LEVEL SKILL LEVELS SKILLED EMIGRANTS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED LABOR FORCE SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED OCCUPATIONS SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKER SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL WELFARE SPOUSES STUDENT LOAN STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS SUPPLY ELASTICITY TEACHER TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TOLERANCE UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY TRAINING UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED MIGRATION UNSKILLED WORKERS USE OF REMITTANCES VACCINATION VIOLENCE WORKER MIGRATION WORKFORCE WORKING MIGRANTS WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION GROWTH
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