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In defense of brain drain

Michael Clemens and David McKenzie destroy a bunch of bad arguments supporting fears of “brain drain”, the claim that skilled emigration is bad for developing economies.

HT: Roving Bandit.

UPDATE: Lant Pritchett suggests a more neutral term – “cortex vortex” – in this amusing speech from May.

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This entry was posted in Development, Immigration on 23 October 2009 by jdingel.

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