Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries: Winners and Losers
利用按教育水平划分的移民率新数据，研究脑力流失对127个发展中国家人力资本形成的影响，发现技术移民前景对总人力资本形成有正向作用，但通过反事实模拟发现输家多于赢家且损失更大。
Using new data on emigration rates by education level, we examine the impact of brain drain migration on human capital formation in developing countries. We find evidence of a positive effect of skilled migration prospects on gross human capital formation in a cross-section of 127 countries. For each country of the sample we then estimate the net effect of the brain drain using counterfactual simulations. Countries combining relatively low levels of human capital and low emigration rates are shown to experience a âbeneficial brain drainâ, and conversely, there are more losers than winners, and the former tend to lose relatively more than what the latter gain.