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Human capital flight and output growth nexus: evidence from Nigeria

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  • Oluyemi Theophilus Adeosun
  • Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe

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Purpose - Human capital flight from developing countries to developed nations has been rising and giving concerns to governments and scholars alike. This paper aims to explore the impact migration from Nigeria has on economic output growth by focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate attention in the literature, as many papers have primarily focused on the impact of remittances on economic growth. Design/methodology/approach - Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the human capital flight and output growth variables by using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) method of analysis for time series data between 1986 and 2018. Findings - The net migration rate from Nigeria was found from the empirical analysis to be more disadvantageous for the economy, given its negative relationship with economic growth despite the large volume of foreign incomes (remittances). It also shows that secondary school enrolment positively and significantly impacted the Nigerian growth rate in the long run. Originality/value - This research has widened the use of variables by combining net migration rate, remittances from abroad, population growth rate and secondary school enrolment to obtain a more robust outcome with implications for research and practice.

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  • Oluyemi Theophilus Adeosun & Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, 2021. "Human capital flight and output growth nexus: evidence from Nigeria," Review of Economics and Political Science, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 6(3), pages 206-222, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:repspp:reps-07-2020-0088
    DOI: 10.1108/REPS-07-2020-0088
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    1. Simplice A. Asongu & Joel Hinaunye Eita, 2023. "Promoting renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: how capital flight crowds-out the favorable effect of foreign aid," Working Papers 23/048, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).

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    Keywords

    Emigration; Remittances; Brain drain; Output growth; Human capital flight; F22; J60; J61; J62; O15;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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