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69 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17224
Tax Incentives and Return Migration
Jacopo Bassetto, Giuseppe Ippedico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17199
Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16497
The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal
Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16243
Medical Brain Drain – Assessing the Role of Job Attributes and Individual Traits
Marco Bertoni, Debdeep Chattopadhyay, Yuanyuan Gu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16222
Selective Migration and Economic Development: A Generalized Approach
Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15400
Brain Refrain and Human Capital Formation in Spain
Jose Blanco-Álvarez, Christopher Parsons, Sam Tang, Yong Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14460
A Political Economy and Voicing Model of the Institutional Impact of Brain Drain, Human Capital, Inequality and Country Size
Frédéric Docquier, Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13390
Does Emigration Drain Entrepreneurs?
Massimo Anelli, Gaetano Basso, Giuseppe Ippedico, Giovanni Peri
published as 'Emigration and Entrepreneurial Drain' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (2), 218–252
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11551
Brain Drain-Induced Brain Gain and the Bhagwati Tax: Are Early and Recent Paradigms Compatible?
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11483
Beneficial Brain Drain and Non-Migrants' Welfare
Maurice Schiff
published as 'Brain drain, brain gain and optimal education policy: Implications for non-migrant welfare 'in: Revue d'économie du développement, 2020, 28, 5 - 29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11349
Are They Coming Back? The Mobility of University Students in Switzerland after Graduation
Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Review of Regional Research, 2019, 39(2), 189-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11026
The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy
Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Verzillo
revised version published as 'The 'gravity' of quality: research quality and the attractiveness of universities in Italy' in: Regional Studies, 2019, 53(10), 1385-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10275
The Gain from the Drain: Skill-biased Migration and Global Welfare
Costanza Biavaschi, Michal Burzynski, Benjamin Elsner, Joël Machado
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, 102317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10094
Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor
Julie Christensen, Darius Onul, Prakarsh Singh
published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2018, 44, 18-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542
Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
published as 'Ability drain: size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1337- 1354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9309
Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, 71-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9218
Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development
Michael A. Clemens
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1227-1248.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8881
International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Mary P. Arends-Kuenning, Alvaro Calara, Stella Go
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