How Big is the Brain Drain? /

The brain drain from developing countries has been lamented for many years, but knowledge of the empirical magnitude of the phenomenon is scant owing to the lack of systematic data sources. This paper presents estimates of emigration rates from 61 developing countries to OECD countries for three edu...

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主要作者: Carrington, William
其他作者: Detragiache, Enrica
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/102
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