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.
Temas:
Human capital.
Brain drain > United States.
Brain drain > Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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