The Economic Consequences of Brain Drain' of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
The Economic Consequences of Brain Drain' of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02498.x
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发表时间：
2012-05-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
McKenzie, David
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作者：
Gibson, John;McKenzie, David
本文介绍了一项创新性调查的结果，该调查追踪了来自五个国家的学术成就高的人，无论他们搬到世界的哪个地方，都可以在微观层面上直接衡量高技能移民对输出国的影响。移民和回流的水平都很高，最优秀和最聪明的人从移民中获得的收入增长比任何其他影响都要大一个数量级。大多数来自较贫穷国家的高技能移民都在汇款，但很少参与贸易和外国直接投资。财政成本差异很大，但远低于移民本身的收益。
This article presents results of innovative surveys that tracked academic high achievers from five countries to wherever they moved in the world to directly measure at the micro level the channels through which high-skilled emigration affects sending countries. There are high levels of emigration and of return and the income gains to the best and brightest from migrating are an order of magnitude greater than any other effect. Most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries remit but involvement in trade and foreign direct investment is rare. Fiscal costs vary widely but are much less than the benefits to the migrants themselves.