TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.
AU  - Calara, Alvaro
AU  - Go, Stella
        TI  - International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
        PY  - 2015/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8881
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8881
        AB  - We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students' motivations to become nurses and to what extent their choices were affected by the possibility of international migration. The number of nursing graduates rose, resulting in brain gain. However, policies promoting the migration of skilled workers such as nurses impose high costs on middle class and lower class families who invest in education hoping that a family member will be able to migrate.
        KW  - brain drain
KW  - brain gain
KW  - international nurse migration
KW  - Philippines
        ER  -