Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54096 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/113
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
International migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites, which is the focus of this paper. The paper offers a three-fold classification of elites: (a) knowledge elites, (b) entrepreneurial elites and (c) political elites. We explore the concept of elites and their main motivation to move across nations and review indirect empirical evidence relevant to this type of mobility, highlighting some channels through which elites can affect international development.
Subjects: 
International migration
entrepreneurial
political migrants
talent mobility
JEL: 
F22
J61
L26
O15
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-351-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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