Return migration, human capital accumulation and the brain drain

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   Fadlon, Itzhak ^b   Weiss, Yoram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Comparative advantage; Human capital accumulation; Return migration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; RETURN MIGRATION;

EID: 79951722813     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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