Maurice Schiff was born in Belgium, got his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and his PhD from the University of Chicago. He spent two years as Professor and Research Director of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Concepcion, Chile, after which he joined the World Bank. He worked at the World Bank as Lead Economist in the Development Research Group and in the Office of the Chief Economist of the Latin America and Caribbean Region, and is currently International Consultant.

His work has focused on different aspects of development, including international trade [sector-specific and economy-wide policies' impact on developing country agriculture, trade-related technology diffusion, regional integration, commodities' trade]; international migration [brain drain; migration's impact on fertility and on social capital, ability drain]; nutrition; and natural resources, trade and migration.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2004.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542
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. 8041
published in: World Economy, 2017, 40 (9), 1708-1717
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5496
strongly revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 120, 209-223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4943
published in: El Trimestre Economico, 2012, 79 (2), 289-311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4938
published as 'Small States, Micro States, and their International Negotiation and Migration' in: Journal of Economic Integration, 2014, 29 (3), 430-449
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4923
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 1-15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3912
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46 (4)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3398
revised version published in: Artal-Tur/Peri/Requena-Silvente (Eds.),The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows - Springer: 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3393
published in: Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 123-42
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