The brain drain between knowledgebased economies: The european human capital outflow to the US

Economie Internationale

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 65-107

  Tritah, Ahmed ^a  

^a CEPII   (France)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Emigration; Europe US; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949219808     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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