Skilled Immigration: The Perspective of Developing Countries

Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport

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Abstract

This chapter examines the Bhagwati tax and other issues concerning the impact of out-migration of the skilled. It provides a survey of 40 years of research on skilled out-migration. The chapter cites up-to-date comparative data on the brain drain, as well as case-study evidence that generally supports the view that out-flows of skilled labor are in practice beneficial, rather than harmful, to the source developing countries. However, the fact that examples of excessive brain-drain rates abound reveals the difficulty for source countries to control emigration, whether skilled or unskilled.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSkilled Immigration Today
Subtitle of host publicationProspects, Problems, and Policies
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)9780199852352
ISBN (Print)9780195382433
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Apr 2009

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Publisher Copyright:
© Oxford University Press, 2013.

Keywords

  • Bhagwati tax
  • Brain circulation
  • Brain drain
  • Emigration
  • Skilled immigrants

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