Bidding for brains: Intellectual property rights and the international migration of knowledge workers

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-87

  McAusland, Carol ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Development; Intellectual property rights; International labor migration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION;

EID: 79951725270     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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