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63 IZA Discussion Papers
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. 13390
Does Emigration Drain Entrepreneurs?
Massimo Anelli, Gaetano Basso, Giuseppe Ippedico, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens
revise and resubmit
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11551
Brain Drain-Induced Brain Gain and the Bhagwati Tax: Are Early and Recent Paradigms Compatible?
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11483
Beneficial Brain Drain and Non-Migrants' Welfare
Maurice Schiff
forthcoming in: Revue d'Èconomie du Devèloppement
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11349
Are They Coming Back? The Mobility of University Students in Switzerland after Graduation
Chantal Oggenfuss, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: Review of Regional Research, 2019, 39(2), 189-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11026
The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy
Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Verzillo
revised version published as 'The 'gravity' of quality: research quality and the attractiveness of universities in Italy' in: Regional Studies, 2019, 53(10), 1385-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10275
The Gain from the Drain: Skill-biased Migration and Global Welfare
Costanza Biavaschi, Michal Burzynski, Benjamin Elsner, Joël Machado
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, 102317; Substantially revised version here
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10094
Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor
Julie Christensen, Darius Onul, Prakarsh Singh
published in: Eastern Economic Journal (2016). doi:10.1057/s41302-016-0069-7
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542
Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, [online first], doi: 10.1007/s00148-017-0644-1
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9309
Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, 71-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9218
Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development
Michael A. Clemens
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1227-1248.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8881
International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Mary P. Arends-Kuenning, Alvaro Calara, Stella Go
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. 8067
Female Brain Drains and Women's Rights Gaps: A Gravity Model Analysis of Bilateral Migration Flows
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7749
Heaven's Swing Door: Endogenous Skills, Migration Networks and the Effectiveness of Quality-Selective Immigration Policies
Simone Bertoli, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117 (2), 565-591
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188
Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Mehmet S. Tosun
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. 5953
Financial Liberalization and the Brain Drain: A Panel Data Analysis
Aniruddha Mitra, James T. Bang, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published as 'Financial Liberalization and the Selection of Emigrants: A Cross-national Analysis' in: Empirical Economics, 2014, 47 (1), 199-226
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