Brain Drain: Causes and Consequences

This chapter examines the causes and consequences of brain drain. The chapter reviews major migration theories and examines different perspectives on the brain drain and development. Finally, it reviews the literature on the gender dimension of brain drain.

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Notes

See Özden (2005) and Özden and Schiff (2005) for the discussion on the remittances in international migration and Bettin et al. (2012) for a comprehensive work on the remittances in the case of Turkey.

McKenzie et al. (2014) on Filipino migrants found that women are slightly more responsive to gross domestic product (GDP) shocks at destination.

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1. Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA, USA Adem Yavuz Elveren

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