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A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain

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dc.contributor.authorDocquier, Frédéric
dc.contributor.authorLowell, B. Lindsay
dc.contributor.authorMarfouk, Abdeslam
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-30T21:40:16Z
dc.date.available2012-05-30T21:40:16Z
dc.date.issued2008-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on inter-national migration by educational attainment. The authors use new sources, homogenize definitions of what a migrant is, and compute gender-disaggregated indicators of the brain drain. Emigration stocks and rates are provided by level of schooling and gender for 195 source countries in 1990 and 2000. The data set can be used to capture the recent trend in women's skilled migration and to analyze its causes and consequences for developing countries. The .findings show that women represent an increasing share of the OECD immigration stock and exhibit relatively higher rates of brain drain than men. The gender gap in skilled migration is strongly correlated with the gender gap in educational attainment at origin. Equating women's and men's access to education would probably reduce gender differences in the brain drain.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9416555/gendered-assessment-brain-drain
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4613
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6717
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper No. 4613
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subjectADULT LITERACY
dc.subjectADULT POPULATION
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectCENSUS DATA
dc.subjectCENTRAL AMERICA
dc.subjectCENTRAL AMERICAN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDIASPORA
dc.subjectEASTERN ASIA
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVELS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL GENDER GAPS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectEMIGRATION
dc.subjectEMIGRATION COUNTRIES
dc.subjectEMIGRATION RATE
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATE
dc.subjectEXPATRIATES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY REUNION
dc.subjectFEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subjectFEMALE MIGRANTS
dc.subjectFEMALE POPULATION
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectFOREIGN CITIZENS
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN POPULATION
dc.subjectFUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER BREAKDOWN
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGENDER DIMENSION
dc.subjectGENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
dc.subjectGENDER GAPS
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectILLEGAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT POPULATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION COUNTRIES
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REPORT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectINVESTMENT IN CHILDREN
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE SURVEYS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLOWER FERTILITY
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION PRESSURE
dc.subjectMIGRATIONS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION
dc.subjectNORTH MIGRATION
dc.subjectNUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH REPORT ON GENDER
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR ACCESS
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUSES
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENTER
dc.subjectPOPULATION DATA
dc.subjectPOPULATION REGISTERS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFESSIONAL EMIGRATION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPULL FACTORS
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSKILL LEVEL
dc.subjectSKILLED EMIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRATION
dc.subjectSKILLED WOMEN
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectSMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL CHANGES
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectSOUTH AMERICA
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectUNDP
dc.subjectUNEQUAL ACCESS
dc.subjectUNITED NATIONS
dc.subjectUNSKILLED MIGRATION
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WOMEN
dc.subjectWESTERN EUROPE
dc.subjectWOMEN IMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectWORLD MIGRATION
dc.subjectYOUNG MEN
dc.subjectMicrodata Set
dc.titleA Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drainen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleA Gendered Assessment Of The Brain Drain
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okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4613
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okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicCulture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Development
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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