A note on brain gain and brain drain: Permanent migration and education policy

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In this note, we present a novel channel for a brain gain. Students from a developing country study in a developed host country. A higher permanent migration probability of these students appears to be a brain drain for the developing country in the first place. However, it induces the host country to improve its education quality, as a larger share of the generated benefits accrue in this host country. A higher education quality raises in turn the human capital of the returning students. As long as the permanent migration probability is not too large, this positive effect causes both aggregate and per-capita human capital to increase in the developing country. Thus, a brain gain occurs.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3154

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Education: Government Policy ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: brain gain ; education policy ; human capital ; return migration ; Brain Drain ; Bildungsinvestition ; Dienstleistungsqualität ; Bildungsniveau ; Rückwanderung ; Nord-Süd-Beziehungen ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haupt, Alexander ; Krieger, Tim ; Lange, Thomas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39841
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET