The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries

IZA

This 45-page discussion paper presents the results of surveys which tracked academic high-achievers from five countries to wherever they moved in the world in order to directly measure at the micro level the channels through which high-skilled emigration affects the sending country

John Gibson, David McKenzie

Immigration & Refugees , Economic Policy Posted: 2010-08-29

The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries