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International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain
Author(s): Maurice Schiff (Editor), Caglar Ozden
- Publisher: World Bank Publications
- Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2005
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0821363727
- ISBN-13: 9780821363720
Book Description
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.
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About the Author
MAURICE SCHIFF is Lead Economist in the World Bank’s International Trade Unit, Development Research Group, USA. Before joining the World Bank, he was Research Director in the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Concepcion, Chile. He is currently researching various international economic issues, including directing a research programme on international migration. He co-directed a research programme on regional integration which has generated a large number of published papers, a World Bank Policy research Report entitled Trade Blocs and a book-length volume entitled
