A back-door brain drain

Oded Stark; Lukasz Byra

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.002

A back-door brain drain

Oded Stark^*, Lukasz Byra

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The long run effect of migration solely by unskilled workers is that skilled workers in the home country acquire additional human capital yet their share in the country's workforce falls. Consequently, the country's average level of human capital is lowered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-276
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	116
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.002
State	Published - Sep 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Depletion of human capital
Human capital formation
Migration of unskilled workers

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