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The Effects of Skilled Emigration on Economic Growth - An Empirical Analysis

Soliman, Rami LU (2022) NEKN01 20221
Department of Economics
Abstract
This paper analyses the impact of skilled migration on economic growth in the origin country – a phenomenon often referred to as brain drain. Specifically, this paper aims to contribute to the scant empirical literature of the direct effect on GDP per capita growth following emigration of skilled. To study this dependence, a in depth literature review of the assumed channel that are interrelated with emigration of skilled individuals and its effect on growth. Following that an empirical model is constructed incorporating these channels. The model is estimated with 2SLS, and the results imply that human capital formation is affected negatively following high skilled migration. Other implications are that remittances and high skilled... (More)
This paper analyses the impact of skilled migration on economic growth in the origin country – a phenomenon often referred to as brain drain. Specifically, this paper aims to contribute to the scant empirical literature of the direct effect on GDP per capita growth following emigration of skilled. To study this dependence, a in depth literature review of the assumed channel that are interrelated with emigration of skilled individuals and its effect on growth. Following that an empirical model is constructed incorporating these channels. The model is estimated with 2SLS, and the results imply that human capital formation is affected negatively following high skilled migration. Other implications are that remittances and high skilled emigration rate interact in some extent and the relative size of the diaspora could potentially have positive effect on growth. (Less)
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author
Soliman, Rami LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20221
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Brain drain, migration, growth, human capital, remittances
language
English
id
9099592
date added to LUP
2022-10-10 09:25:31
date last changed
2022-10-10 09:25:31
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  abstract     = {{This paper analyses the impact of skilled migration on economic growth in the origin country – a phenomenon often referred to as brain drain. Specifically, this paper aims to contribute to the scant empirical literature of the direct effect on GDP per capita growth following emigration of skilled. To study this dependence, a in depth literature review of the assumed channel that are interrelated with emigration of skilled individuals and its effect on growth. Following that an empirical model is constructed incorporating these channels. The model is estimated with 2SLS, and the results imply that human capital formation is affected negatively following high skilled migration. Other implications are that remittances and high skilled emigration rate interact in some extent and the relative size of the diaspora could potentially have positive effect on growth.}},
  author       = {{Soliman, Rami}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Effects of Skilled Emigration on Economic Growth - An Empirical Analysis}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}