The brain drain : determinants, measurement and welfare effects / Herbert G. Grubel and Anthony Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grubel, Herbert G.

Contributor:

Scott, Anthony, 1923-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain drain--Canada.

Brain drain.

Brain drain--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:

Front Matter

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements

List Of Tables

List Of Figures

Preface

Introduction

Theoretical Studies

The Determinants Of Migration

The Theory Of Migration And Human Capital

The Welfare Approach To Migration And Human Capital

Empirical Studies

Practical And Conceptual Problems Of Measuring The Brain Drain

Empirical Evidence On Motives For Migration

The Immigration Of Scientists And Engineers To The United States 1949-1961

Foreign Scientists In The United States, 1966

Countries Of Birth Of Foreign-Born U.S. Scientists, 1966

The Cost Of U.S. College Student Exchange Programs

The Migrations Of Canadian Economists

Policy Study

Policies To Reduce Or Modify The Brain Drain

A Selected Bibliography On The Brain Drain, General Migration And Human Capital

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography: p. 157-165.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889207967

0889207968

OCLC:

243567630