Docquier, FredericSchiff, Maurice2012-03-192012-03-192009-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4024Recent changes in information and communication technologies have contributed to a dramatic increase in the degree of integration and interdependency of countries, markets, and people. Against this background, one aspect of particular concern for small states is the international movement of people. This paper focuses on this particularly important aspect of globalization, with emphasis on the movement of skilled people and its relationship with country size. In addition to overall skilled migration, it provides evidence that controls for migration age in order to distinguish between those educated in the home country and those educated abroad. The authors discuss the growth implications of the brain drain from small countries and policies that may help control it.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGE STRUCTUREALIENSAVERAGE EMIGRATIONAVERAGE MIGRATIONBRAINBRAIN DRAINBRAIN GAINCENSUS BUREAUCENSUS DATACITIZENCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATIONCOUNTRIES OF ORIGINCOUNTRY OF ORIGINDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCUSSIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMSEMIGRATIONEMIGRATION DATAEMIGRATION RATEEUROPEAN LABOREXTERNAL MIGRATIONFERTILITYFOREIGN POPULATIONGLOBALIZATIONHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIDEASILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONILLEGAL MIGRANTSIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANT POPULATIONIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION COUNTRIESIMMIGRATION POLICYINCOME DIFFERENTIALSINSIGHTSINTEGRATIONINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICEINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MIGRATIONLABOR-EXPORTING COUNTRIESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONMEXICAN IMMIGRANTSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION DECISIONSMIGRATION FLOWMIGRATION ISSUESMIGRATION PATTERNSMIGRATION RATESMOVEMENT OF PEOPLENATIONAL POPULATIONNATURALIZATIONNORTH MIGRATIONNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUMBERS OF EMIGRANTSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION CENSUSESPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION SIZEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICESREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESPECTRETURN MIGRATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSKILL LEVELSKILL LEVELSSKILLED EMIGRANTSSKILLED LABORSKILLED MIGRANTSSKILLED MIGRATIONSKILLED PEOPLESKILLED WORKERSSMALL COUNTRIESSOVEREIGN STATESTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADE IMBALANCESTRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGEUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONUNSKILLED WORKERSVARIETYVULNERABILITYWAGE GAPWORLD ECONOMYYOUNG AGEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4827