On October 24, 2005, the Research Program published its first major work on migration: a book entitled International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain. This volume contains:
Four country case studies on the impact of remittances on poverty and expenditure patterns, and Four chapters on the brain drain, including the largest existing data base on the brain drain, and analyses of the brain gain, brain waste, and the impact on productivity in destination countries.
The book was co-edited by Maurice Schiff and Caglar Ozden.
Chapter 1
Determinants of Migration, Destination, and Sector Choice: Disentangling Individual, Household, and Community Effects
Jorge Mora and J. Edward
Chapter 2
Remittances, Poverty, and Investment in Guatemala
Richard H. Adams, Jr.
Chapter 3
Remittances and Poverty in Migrants’ Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines
Dean Yang and Claudia A.Martínez
Chapter 4
Beyond Remittances: The Effects of Migration on Mexican Households
David J.McKenzie
Chapter 5
International Migration by Education Attainment, 1990 - 2000
Frédéric Docquier and Abdeslam Marfouk
Chapter 6
Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Maurice Schiff
Chapter 7
Educated Migrants: Is There Brain Waste?
Çaglar Özden
Chapter 8
Skilled Immigrants, Higher Education, and U.S. Innovation
Gnanaraj Chellaraj, Keith E.Maskus, and Aaditya Mattoo
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