A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations

World Development

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-26

  Artuc, Erhan ^a   Docquier, Frédéric ^b,c   Özden, Çaglar ^a,d   Parsons, Christopher ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c FNRS   (Belgium)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain drain; International migration; Labor mobility

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRANT WORKER; OECD; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 84910635296     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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