Does international mobility of high-skilled workers aggravate between-country inequality?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-94

  Grossmann, Volker ^a,b,c   Stadelmann, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Between country wage differences; Brain drain; Public investment; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; EMIGRATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE GAP;

EID: 79951721444     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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