The brain drain and the world distribution of income

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-17

  Mountford, Andre ^a   Rapoport, Hillel ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Endogenous fertility; Growth; Migration; World distribution of income

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMIGRATION; FERTILITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 79951722139     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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