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]]> By: stuart http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/10/25/getting-more-by-letting-go/#comment-18294 stuart Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:46:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2071#comment-18294 Theres some good research on this at the moment.<br>Another good article is 'Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Winners and Losers' by Michel Beine, Fre´deric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, in the Economic Journal<br><br>They used data across 127 countries and found that skilled emigration had a positive effect across the developing world as a whole, however there was certain regions which lost significantly from emigration. The losers were Sub-Saharan african countries and Central American countries. <br><br>The found that where skilled migration was less than about 20% (figure is off the top of my head, might be slightly different) of total skilled workforce that countries gained from increased investment in education however when migration was of a larger proportion, the 'brain drain' from the loss of skilled labour outweighed these positive effects. Theres some good research on this at the moment.
Another good article is 'Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Winners and Losers' by Michel Beine, Fre´deric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, in the Economic Journal

They used data across 127 countries and found that skilled emigration had a positive effect across the developing world as a whole, however there was certain regions which lost significantly from emigration. The losers were Sub-Saharan african countries and Central American countries.

The found that where skilled migration was less than about 20% (figure is off the top of my head, might be slightly different) of total skilled workforce that countries gained from increased investment in education however when migration was of a larger proportion, the 'brain drain' from the loss of skilled labour outweighed these positive effects.

]]> By: stuart http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/10/25/getting-more-by-letting-go/#comment-18292 stuart Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:46:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2071#comment-18292 Theres some good research on this at the moment.<br>Another good article is 'Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Winners and Losers' by Michel Beine, Fre´deric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, in the Economic Journal<br><br>They used data across 127 countries and found that skilled emigration had a positive effect across the developing world as a whole, however there was certain regions which lost significantly from emigration. The losers were Sub-Saharan african countries and Central American countries. <br><br>The found that where skilled migration was less than about 20% (figure is off the top of my head, might be slightly different) of total skilled workforce that countries gained from increased investment in education however when migration was of a larger proportion, the 'brain drain' from the loss of skilled labour outweighed these positive effects. Theres some good research on this at the moment.
Another good article is 'Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Winners and Losers' by Michel Beine, Fre´deric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport, in the Economic Journal

They used data across 127 countries and found that skilled emigration had a positive effect across the developing world as a whole, however there was certain regions which lost significantly from emigration. The losers were Sub-Saharan african countries and Central American countries.

The found that where skilled migration was less than about 20% (figure is off the top of my head, might be slightly different) of total skilled workforce that countries gained from increased investment in education however when migration was of a larger proportion, the 'brain drain' from the loss of skilled labour outweighed these positive effects.

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