Determinants of the brain drain phenomenon: case of former communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe

Ienciu, Nicoleta Maria; Ienciu, Ionel Alin

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“…The implications are that, high-skilled emigration may have positive and negative effects on economic growth as well as other development indicators such as health outcomes. However, while the determinants of high-skilled emigration (see e.g., Adetayo, 2010;Beine et al, 2008;Docquier et al, 2007;Ienciu & Ienciu, 2014;Kattel & Sapkota, 2018;Marfouk, 2008;Meango, 2016;Ngoma & Ismail, 2013;Shafique, 2017;Simplice, 2015) as well as its effects on remittances or economic growth and investment (see for instance, Mountford, 1997;Beine et al, 2001;Kirigia et al, 2006;Ha et al, 2009;Gibson & McKenzie, 2010;Akanbi, 2017;Bove & Elia, 2017;Adeyemi et al, 2018;Bredtmann et al, 2019) have been widely researched, very little is known regarding the effect of highskilled emigration on health outcomes, especially in Africa (see Chikanda, 2006;Clemens, 2007;Chauvet et al, 2013;Uprety, 2019a).…”

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High‐skilled emigration and child health in Africa

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2021

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Africa is estimated to lose a very significant number of high-skilled individuals through emigration. This has resulted in a number of studies investigating the effect of high-skilled emigration on socio-economic indicators in Africa. Notwithstanding, the majority of these studies have examined the effect of high-skilled emigration on economic growth, with less attention paid to health outcomes. Meanwhile, health outcomes, especially child health outcomes, have major implications for future human capital and overall economic development. With sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) having the highest child mortality rate in the world, this study, therefore, investigates the effect of the emigration of high-skilled individuals on child health in 48 African countries for the period, 1985-2010. Neonatal mortality and infant mortality rates are used to proxy child health. The panel fixed effects and the dynamic panel system Generalised Methods of Moments (GMM) regressions are employed as estimation techniques. Using the panel fixed effects, we find that, while the emigration of highskilled individuals is detrimental to neonatal mortality, in the case of infant mortality, it is insignificant. However, after controlling for endogeneity using the dynamic panel system GMM, the emigration of high-skilled individuals is found to be detrimental to both neonatal mortality and infant mortality. The results suggest that, in order to enhance child mortality in Africa, attention should be paid towards decreasing highskilled emigration on the continent.

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High‐skilled emigration and child health in Africa

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Determinants of the brain drain phenomenon: case of former communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe

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