A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-532

  Beine, Michel ^a   Docquier, Frédéric ^b   Oden Defoort, Cecily ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Convergence; Human capital

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EMIGRATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 79951851938     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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