Brain Gain : Claims about its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated

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dc.creatorSchiff, Maurice
dc.date2012-06-18T16:47:11Z
dc.date2012-06-18T16:47:11Z
dc.date2005-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:26:19Z
dc.descriptionBased on static partial equilibrium analysis, the "new brain drain" literature argues that, by raising the return to education, a brain drain generates a brain gain that is, under certain conditions, larger than the brain drain itself, and that such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education's positive externalities. This paper argues that these claims are exaggerated. In the static case, and based on both partial and general equilibrium considerations, the paper shows that (1) the size of the brain gain is smaller than suggested in that literature; (2) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); (3) a positive brain gain is likely to result in a smaller, possibly negative, human capital gain; (4) an increase in the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and (5) in a dynamic framework, the paper shows that the steady-state brain gain is equal to the brain drain so that a 'beneficial brain drain' cannot take place, and a net brain loss is likely during the transition.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6265717/brain-gain-claims-size-impact-welfare-growth-greatly-exaggerated
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8289
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3708
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418095
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3708
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectAVERAGE MIGRATION
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectBRAIN GAIN
dc.subjectBRAIN WASTE
dc.subjectBRAIN-DRAIN
dc.subjectCAPITAL GAIN
dc.subjectCENSUS DATA
dc.subjectCONTEMPORANEOUS EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectCOST OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectDYNAMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEDUCATED PEOPLE
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectEMIGRATION
dc.subjectEMIGRATION COUNTRIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXPECTED RETURN
dc.subjectEXPECTED UTILITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFOREIGN WORKERS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGNP
dc.subjectGNP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIDEAS
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMANAGERS
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectNUMBER OF MIGRANTS
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectNURSING
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectRANDOM WALK
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectRISK AVERSION
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED PEOPLE
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKER
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectUNSKILLED MIGRATION
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORKER MIGRATION
dc.titleBrain Gain : Claims about its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated

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