The Brain Drain: Determinants, Measurements and Welfare Effects

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, Mar 8, 1977 - Philosophy - 165 pages

Theoretical studies of the determinants of migration by skilled persons and the output and welfare effects of such migration on the migrants and the countries of departure and destination.

The volume measures the numbers of highly skilled migrants from different countries to the U.S. and Canada, with an analysis of policy alternatives.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
THEORETICAL STUDIES
11
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
45
POLICY STUDY
143
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About the author (1977)

Herbert G. Grubel is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University.

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