Brain drain and brain gain : the global competition to attract high-skilled migrants

Brain drain and brain gain : the global competition to attract high-skilled migrants / edited by Tito Boeri [and others] ; with Sascha Becker [and others].

The worldwide race to attract talents is getting tougher. The US has been leading the race, with its ability to attract PhD candidates and graduates not only from emerging countries, but also from the European Union. However, a growing number of countries have adopted immigration policies specifical...

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Other Authors: Boeri, Tito, Becker, Sascha O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.
Subjects:
Brain drain.
Labor mobility.
Skilled labor > Recruiting.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Brain drain
Labor mobility
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Boxes""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Understanding Highly Skilled Migration in Developed Countries: The Upcoming Battle for Brains""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Selecting the Highly Skilled: An Overview of Current Policy Approaches""; ""1.1 A classification of skill-selective immigration policies""; ""1.2 Skill-selective immigration policies in traditional immigration countries""; ""1.3 Skill-selective immigration policies at the EU level""
  • ""1.4 Skill-selective immigration policies in a group of EU member countries""""1.5 Present and future policies to attract highly skilled immigrants: evidence based on UN data""; ""1.6 Conclusions""; ""2. Global Trends in Highly Skilled Immigration""; ""2.1 Highly skilled immigrants in the OECD""; ""2.2 How large is the global pool of highly skilled labour?""; ""2.3 Looking at the top of the skill distribution""; ""2.4 The competition for foreign students""; ""2.5 How do highly skilled immigrants assimilate into host labour markets?""; ""2.6 Conclusions""
  • ""3. The Determinants of Highly Skilled Migration: Evidence from OECD Countries 1980â€?2005""""3.1 The empirical model""; ""3.2 Data""; ""3.3 Regression results""; ""3.4 Discussion and conclusions""; ""4. The Effects of Brain Gain on Growth, Investment, and Employment: Evidence from OECD Countries, 1980â€?2005""; ""4.1 A production function framework""; ""4.2 Data on employment, capital intensity, and productivity""; ""4.3 The effects of immigration and brain gain""; ""4.4 The effects of immigration and brain gain in bad economic times""; ""4.5 Conclusions""
  • ""5. The Political Economy of Skilled Immigration""""5.1 The elements of a political economy model of immigration policy""; ""5.2 Understanding individual attitudes towards skilled migrants""; ""5.3 From individual preferences to immigration policy""; ""5.4 Empirical assessment""; ""5.5 Conclusions""; ""6. Can the Battle for Brains turn into a Tragedy of the Commons?""; ""6.1 International mobility of labour and human capital formation at origin""; ""6.2 A model of the Battle for Brains""; ""6.3 Conclusions""; ""7. Conclusions""
  • ""7.1 Incremental shifts toward more skill-selective immigration policies""""7.2 Skilled migration flows are concentrated in a few countries characterized by skill-selective immigration polices""; ""7.3 The wage premium for education and skill-selective immigration policies is an important driver of skilled migration""; ""7.4 Immigration and the brain gain are beneficial for receiving economies""; ""7.5 How do immigration and the brain gain affect economies in the downturn of the business cycle?""; ""7.6 Why do skill-selective immigration policies not find more support?""

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