Impact of Qualified Worker Emigration on Poverty: A Macro-Micro-Simulation Approach for an African Economy

Djiofack, Calvin Zebaze; Djimeu, Eric W.; Boussichas, Matthieu

doi:10.1093/jae/ejt010

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“…The authors find that a significant level of human capital does help to raise the volume, but also the quality of inward FDI (by directing FDI towards high value-added industries). The complementarity between capital and skilled labour is evidenced, among others, by Djiofack et al (2014) who show for the Cameroonian economy that skilled emigration has a negative impact on productivity. Thus, skilled immigration could alleviate skill constraints faced by firms operating in developing countries.…”

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FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Hoxhaj¹,

Marchal²,

Šerić³

2015

J Afr Econ

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This article investigates the determinants of the employment of foreign skilled workers by firms operating in Sub-Saharan African countries. We use cross section firm-level data on a large sample of foreign and domestic firms collected through the Africa Investor Survey 2010 by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. We find evidence of a strong complementarity between foreign capital inflows and the employment of foreign skilled workers. Our results also indicate that interventions in improving the working regulation and skilled workers immigration regimes may stimulate foreign skilled workers transfer by firms, and thereby foreign direct investments.

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FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Hoxhaj¹,

Marchal²,

Šerić³

2015

J Afr Econ

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“…Often, for sending countries, the emigration of highly-educated workers may represent a loss of the most skilled individuals (known as "brain drain" effect), with negative effects on productivity (Djiofack et al, 2013). Concerning developing countries with quite a modest number of tertiary-educated people, a massive outflow of human capital may have negative repercussions on economic growth, education, income distribution, and welfare.…”

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The Effects of Highly-Educated Immigrants on Innovation in Three Developed European Countries

Sinoi

2020

Journal of Social and Economic Statistics

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In the current globalized world, migration represents a topic of great interest, generating advantages and downsides as well, both for the people and the communities implicated. Highly-educated migrants represent a key factor in fostering innovation, productivity and economic growth, and promote knowledge diffusion/distribution in both directions, from origin to destination country and vice versa. This research investigates the effects of highly-educated immigrants on the number of patents (a good proxy for measuring innovation activities), in the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden, between 2011 and 2017. For the empirical analysis of the study case, we used panel data and developed a multiple linear regression model estimated through the ordinary least squares method (OLS), at the country-level. In line with the vast existing literature, the main finding of this paper is that highly-educated immigrants, representing external factors of innovation, have a positive and significant impact on the number of patent applications in all three receiving countries. Moreover, financial support in R&D (in different sectors) and investments in human capital (from diverse fields) serve as internal factors of innovation and also contribute vastly to the enhancement of innovation.

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“…However, De Haas (2005, p.1275) warns that the relationship between income from remittances and economic development is far from simple: “Migration and remittances do not automatically generate development and economic growth in migrant-sending areas” (emphasis added). A case study by Djiofack et al (2013) finds that the positive impacts of remittances in Cameroon are easily outweighed by the negative impacts of losing valuable skills in the workforce. A more recent study in Ghana by Dadson and Kato (2016) arrives at the same conclusion.…”

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Dealing with brain drain: the contributions of Sri Lanka’s peak business interest associations

You

2019

JGR

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the way in which Sri Lankan business associations contribute to addressing such issues and the motivation behind their contributions. Design/methodology/approach Data, in this study, came from publicly available sources (online news articles, newspaper articles, reports, etc.) and a series of unstructured elite interviews with leaders of Sri Lanka’s most prominent peak business associations. Findings Sri Lankan associations contribute to addressing problems associated with human capital flight because doing so, ultimately, benefits their members and secretariat organisations. Peak bodies make their contributions by easing the push factors that catalyse the outflow of skilled migrants from the island nation and helping to replenish skills in the country by engaging in initiatives aimed at training and developing workers, young people and entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications The behaviours of Sri Lanka’s business interest associations and the logics that drive their actions are similar to those of their counterparts in other countries (as per academic literature in the area), where association membership is not state-mandated. Rational actions of business associations have the potential to produce socially beneficial positive externalities (as in the present case issues around the brain drain). Social implications Findings from this research can assist government bodies, non-government organisations and other civil society organisations develop a better collaborative relationship with the private sector in developing nations to tackle problems associated with human capital flight. Originality/value While there has been a lively debate, among philosophers and scholars of public policy, on how governments should help address issues associated with this phenomenon, very little attention has been given to the real and potential contributions of non-governmental, non-charity-based civil society groups such as unions and business chambers. This paper seeks to address this gap.

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Impact of Qualified Worker Emigration on Poverty: A Macro-Micro-Simulation Approach for an African Economy

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

The Effects of Highly-Educated Immigrants on Innovation in Three Developed European Countries

Dealing with brain drain: the contributions of Sri Lanka’s peak business interest associations

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