Social Science Emigration & Immigration
The Brain Drain
Determinants, Measurements and Welfare Effects
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2006
- Category
- Emigration & Immigration, Social, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780889207967
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889200364
- Publish Date
- Mar 1977
- List Price
- $34.99
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Description
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.
About the author
Herbert G. Grubel is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University.
Anthony Scott is Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia.