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International migration, remittances, and the brain drain /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006Description: xiv, 274 p. : illISBN:
  • 0821363727
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.8
Contents:
Determinants of migration, destination, and sector choice : disentangling individual, household, and community effects / Jorge Mora and J. Edward Taylor -- Remittances, poverty, and investment in Guatemala / RIchard H. Adams, Jr. -- Remittances and poverty in migrants' home areas : evidence from the Philippines / Dean Yang and Claudia A. Martińez -- Beyond remittances : the effects of migration on Mexican households / David J. McKenzie -- International migration by education attainment, 1990-2000 / Frédeŕic Docquier and Abdeslam Marfouk -- Brain gain : claims about its size and impact on welfare and growth are greatly exaggerated / Maurice Schiff -- Educated migrants : is there brain waste? / Çaḡlar Özden -- Skilled immigrants, higher education, and U.S. innovation / Gnanaraj Chellaraj, Keith E. Maskus, and Aaditya Mattoo.
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Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). HG3881.5 .W57 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0014336

Determinants of migration, destination, and sector choice : disentangling individual, household, and community effects / Jorge Mora and J. Edward Taylor -- Remittances, poverty, and investment in Guatemala / RIchard H. Adams, Jr. -- Remittances and poverty in migrants' home areas : evidence from the Philippines / Dean Yang and Claudia A. Martińez -- Beyond remittances : the effects of migration on Mexican households / David J. McKenzie -- International migration by education attainment, 1990-2000 / Frédeŕic Docquier and Abdeslam Marfouk -- Brain gain : claims about its size and impact on welfare and growth are greatly exaggerated / Maurice Schiff -- Educated migrants : is there brain waste? / Çaḡlar Özden -- Skilled immigrants, higher education, and U.S. innovation / Gnanaraj Chellaraj, Keith E. Maskus, and Aaditya Mattoo.

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