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Social Science Emigration & Immigration

The Brain Drain

Determinants, Measurements and Welfare Effects

by (author) Herbert Grubel

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 1977
Category
Emigration & Immigration, General, Social
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889207967
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889200364
    Publish Date
    Mar 1977
    List Price
    $34.99

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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.

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