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The Brain Drain : Determinants, Measurements and Welfare Effects

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grubel, Herbert G.
Otros Autores: Scott, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- Some 1976 Reflections on the Measurement of the Brain Drain -- Some Thoughts on the Bellagio Conference and Discussion -- PART I: THEORETICAL STUDIES -- CHAPTER 2: THE DETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION -- Determinants of Once-and-for-all Migration -- Reversibility of Migration and General Mobility -- Individual Decisions and the Aggregate -- Special Characteristics of the Brainy Migrants -- CHAPTER 3: THE THEORY OF MIGRATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL 
505 0 |a Effects on Aggregate and Per Capita OutputCHAPTER 4: THE WELFARE APPROACH TO MIGRATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL -- Marginal Migrationâ€?No Government, No Externalities -- Non-Marginal Changesâ€?No Government, No Externalities -- Marginal Changes, Government and No Externalities -- Marginal Changes, No Government but Externalities -- Summary of Arguments on the Welfare Effects of Migration of the Highly Skilled -- PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES -- CHAPTER 5: PRACTICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS OF MEASURING THE BRAIN DRAIN -- Problems of Defining and Counting Brain Drain Migrants 
505 0 |a Problems of Human Capital MeasurementCHAPTER 6: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON MOTIVES FOR MIGRATION -- Two Questionnaire-Based Studies -- Factors Strengthening the Determinants -- The Time Dimension of Migration -- Waves: The Social and Economic Dimension of Migration Behavior -- CHAPTER 7: THE IMMIGRATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO THE UNITED STATES 1949-1961 -- The Inflow to the United States -- Immigrants from Individual Countries -- Migration of the Skilled and General Migration -- Summary and Conclusions 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 8: FOREIGN SCIENTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1966 Scientists by Fields of Specialization -- Age Distribution of the Foreign-Born -- Work and Employment Preferences -- Average Incomes of Foreign Scientists -- CHAPTER 9: COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN-BORN U.S. SCIENTISTS, 1966 -- Native Countries of U.S. Scientists -- National Losses in Relation to Current Higher Education -- Losses in Relation to General Migration -- Losses in Relation to Foreign Student Population -- Summary and Conclusions -- CHAPTER 10: THE COST OF U.S. COLLEGE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
505 0 |a IntroductionThe U.S. Cost of Investment in Foreign Students -- Value of Services Absorbed by U.S. Students Abroad -- The Value of Non-Returning Foreign Students -- The Final Balance and Conclusions -- CHAPTER 11: THE MIGRATIONS OF CANADIAN ECONOMISTS -- The Balance on the Canadian-American Exchange of Academic Economists -- Alternative Treatments of Opportunity Cost -- Summary -- PART III: POLICY STUDY -- CHAPTER 12: POLICIES TO REDUCE OR MODIFY THE BRAIN DRAIN -- Narrowing the Income Gap -- Narrowing the Opportunity Gap -- Making Migration More Difficult 
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