Frédéric Docquier

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Frédéric Docquier is Research Program Leader (on Crossing Borders) at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Research Associate at the National Fund for Economic Research, and Professor of Economics at the Universite Catholique de Louvain. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Aix-Marseille 2. His research interests are in quantitative development theory, economic growth and international migration. He has been acting as a ST Consultant for the World Bank since 2004, and as an external expert for the United Nations (UNESCO and High-Level Panel on the post-2015 Development Agenda) and Agence Française de Développement. He served as Research Director of IRES at UCLouvain between 2008 and 2012. He edited four books and published articles in Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and many other journals. Frédéric Docquier joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2003. In the first half of 2004 he spent part of his sabbatical as a Visiting Research Fellow at IZA.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17754
The Vicious Circle of Xenophobia: Immigration and Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17402
Migrants' Self-Selection and the Vicious Circle of Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16732
Digging up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities
Luca Bellodi, Frédéric Docquier, Stefano Iandolo, Massimo Morelli, Riccardo Turati
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
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (3), 384-411
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. 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. 14090
New York, Abu Dhabi, London or Stay at Home? Using a Cross-Nested Logit Model to Identify Complex Substitution Patterns in Migration
Michel Beine, Michel Bierlaire, Frédéric Docquier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12623
Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration
Michal Burzynski, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier, Jaime de Melo
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (3), 1145 - 1197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11806
Optimal Education Policy and Human Capital Accumulation in the Context of Brain Drain
Slobodan Djajic, Frédéric Docquier, Michael S. Michael
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2019, 85 (4), 271-303.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11804
Geography of Skills and Global Inequality
Michal Burzynski, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, 102333
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11802
Birthplace Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from the US States in the Post-World War II Period
Frédéric Docquier, Riccardo Turati, Jérôme Valette, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20 (2), 321 -354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11610
The Changing Structure of Immigration to the OECD: What Welfare Effects on Member Countries?
Michal Burzynski, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: IMF Economic Review, 2018, 66(3), 564-601
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11173
Do Emigrants Self-Select along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Aysit Tansel, Riccardo Turati
published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54 (2), 388-422.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10272
Migration and Development: Dissecting the Anatomy of the Mobility Transition
Thu Hien Dao, Frédéric Docquier, Christopher Parsons, Giovanni Peri
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 23(2), 223-258
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8746
A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations
Erhan Artuc, Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons
published in: World Development, 2015, 65, 6 - 26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7883
Informality and Long-Run Growth
Frédéric Docquier, Tobias Müller, Joaquín Naval
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(4), 1040-1085
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6258
The Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Emigration in OECD Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Giovanni Peri
published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (579), 1106-1145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6104
Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Salomone
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 817-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5590
Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50 (3), 681-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5496
Emigration and Democracy
Frédéric Docquier, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Hillel Rapoport, Maurice Schiff
strongly revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 120, 209-223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4293
On the Robustness of Brain Gain Estimates
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 143 - 166
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4207
Brain Drain in Globalization: A General Equilibrium Analysis from the Sending Countries' Perspective
Luca Marchiori, I-Ling Shen, Frédéric Docquier
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1582–1602
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3912
International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Maurice Schiff
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46 (4)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3398
Brain Drain and its Determinants: A Major Issue for Small States
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Maurice Schiff
revised version published in: Artal-Tur/Peri/Requena-Silvente (Eds.),The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows - Springer: 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3388
Measuring Skilled Emigration Rates: The Case of Small States
Frédéric Docquier, Maurice Schiff
revised version published in: Artal-Tur/Peri/Requena-Silvente (Eds.),The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows - Springer: 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3235
A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain
Frédéric Docquier, B. Lindsay Lowell, Abdeslam Marfouk
published in: Population and Development Review, 2009, 35 (2), 297-321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2873
Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: J. Baghwati and G. Hanson (eds.), Skilled Immigration Today: Prospects, Problems and Policies, Oxford University Press, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2440
Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations
Frédéric Docquier
published as 'Fuite des cerveaux et inégalités entre pays' in: Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2007, 21 (2), 49-88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2081
Optimal Accumulation in an Endogenous Growth Setting with Human Capital
Frédéric Docquier, Oliver Paddison, Pierre Pestieau
published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2006, 134 (1), 361-378
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1676
Should the U.S. Have Locked the Heaven's Door? Reassessing the Benefits of the Postwar Immigration
Xavier Chojnicki, Frédéric Docquier, Lionel Ragot
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 317-359
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1668
Brain Drain in Developing Regions (1990-2000)
Frédéric Docquier, Olivier Lohest, Abdeslam Marfouk
revised version published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (2), 193-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1531
The Economics of Migrants’ Remittances
Hillel Rapoport, Frédéric Docquier
published in: S. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity Vol. 2, North Holland 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1040
Fiscal Policy and Educational Attainment in the United States – A Generational Accounting Perspective
Xavier Chojnicki, Frédéric Docquier
published in: Economica, 2007, 47 (294), 329-350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1022
Population Prospects and the Determination of a Debt-Sharing Rule between Seceding Regions
Philippe Cattoir, Frédéric Docquier
published in: Regional Studies, 2004, 38 (3), 293-303
IZA Discussion Paper No. 846
Diverging Patterns of Education Premium and School Attendance in France and the US: A Walrasian View
David de la Croix, Frédéric Docquier
published as 'School attendance and skill premiums in France and the US: a general equilibrium approach' in: Fiscal Studies, 2007, 28 (4), 383-416
IZA Discussion Paper No. 819
Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
new version entitled "Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers" published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (528), 515-843
IZA Discussion Paper No. 808
Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
new version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (2), 187-200
IZA World of Labor Article
The brain drain from developing countries
Frédéric Docquier
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