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| Title: | | The effect of occupation-specific brain drain on human capital  |
| Authors: | | Heuer, Nina |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | University of Tübingen working papers in economics and finance 7 |
| Abstract: | | This paper tests the hypothesis of a beneficial brain drain using occupation-specific data on migration from developing countries to OECD countries around 2000. Distinguishing between several types of human capital allows to assess whether the impact of high-skilled south-north migration on human capital in the sending economies differed across occupational groups requiring tertiary education. We find a robust negative effect of the incidence of high-skilled emigration on the level of human capital in the sending countries, thereby rejecting the hypothesis of a beneficial brain drain. The negative effect was significantly stronger for professionals - the occupational category with the largest incidence of south-north migration and the highest educational requirements - than for technicians and associate professionals. |
| Subjects: | | International migration Occupation-specific brain drain Human capital Transferability of skills Beneficial brain drain |
| JEL: | | F22 J24 O15 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-55981 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance
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