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The Impact of Brain Drain on Human Capital in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Ngoma Abubakar Lawan,
Ismail Normaz Wana
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/saje.12014
Subject(s) - brain drain , human capital , immigration , developing country , empirical evidence , economics , educational attainment , developed country , development economics , demographic economics , international economics , economic growth , political science , sociology , population , philosophy , epistemology , law , demography
The debate over the effect of human capital flight on educational attainment in immigrants' source countries has received huge theoretical propositions but a few analytical approaches. This paper examines the short‐run and long‐run impact of skilled migration rates (brain drain) on human capital formation in migrants' source developing countries. Specifically, we revisited some empirical studies that found evidence of beneficial brain drain in migrants' source countries. Our empirical result, using school enrolments does not only disagree with theirs but also presents an insight on how human capital leakages that occur through brain drain can be counterbalanced through remittances received in the immigrants' source countries.