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Emigration and Brain Drain: Evidence from the Caribbean

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  • Mishra Prachi

    (Research Department, International Monetary Fund)

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This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the high-skilled labor force. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor force with more than 12 years of completed schooling--among the highest emigration rates in the world. The region is also the world's largest recipient of remittances as a percent of GDP. Remittances constituted about 13 percent of the region's GDP in 2002. Simple welfare calculations (under very conservative assumptions of elasticities) suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the official remittances to the Caribbean region.

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  • Mishra Prachi, 2007. "Emigration and Brain Drain: Evidence from the Caribbean," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 7(1), pages 1-44, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:7:y:2007:i:1:n:24
    DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1547
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    Cited by:

    1. International Monetary Fund, 2018. "El Salvador: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2018/152, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Bahadir, Berrak & Chatterjee, Santanu & Lebesmuehlbacher, Thomas, 2018. "The macroeconomic consequences of remittances," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 214-232.
    3. Maggio, Giuseppe & Veljanoska, Stefanija, 2021. "Would you rather stay? Agricultural Subsidies and Household Migration in Malawi," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 314041, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    Caribbean; emigration;

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