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International migration, remittances, and brain drain / edited by Caglar Özden, Maurice Schiff. - xiv, 274 p. - Trade and development series . - Trade and development series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. Martínez -- Beyond remittances : the effects of migration on Mexican households / David J. McKenzie -- International migration by education attainment, 1990-2000 / Frédéric 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.

ISBN: 0821363727

LCCN: 2005054335

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emigration and immigration.
Migration, Internal
Emigrant remittances
Migrant remittances
Brain drain

LC Class. No.: JV6035 / .I525 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 304.82