Revisiting Canada's brain drain: Evidence from the 2000 cohort of Canadian university graduates

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-319

  Zarifa, David ^a   Walters, David ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Earnings; Field of study; Knowledge economy; Skill migration; University graduates

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; STUDENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549148243     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.34.3.305     Document Type: Article

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