Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259323 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2002-08
Publisher: 
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan
Abstract: 
We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the “beneficial brain drain hypothesis” in a sample of 50 developing countries. At the country-level, we distinguish between winners and losers among source countries. While the number of winners is smaller, these include nearly 80% of the total population of developing countries.
Subjects: 
Brain Drain
Migration
Growth
Human capital formation
Immigration policy
JEL: 
F22
J24
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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