African brain drain and its impact on source countries: What do we know and what do we need to know?
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Keywords
Education; International Migration; Human Capital; Labor Mobility; African brain drain;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-07-15 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2013-07-15 (Development)
- NEP-MIG-2013-07-15 (Economics of Human Migration)
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