This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on
recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity …

This article reviews recent research regarding high-skilled migration. We adopt a data-
driven perspective, bringing together and describing several ongoing research streams that …

Highly skilled workers play a central and starring role in today's knowledge economy.
Talented individuals make exceptional direct contributions—including breakthrough …

We propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces and decompose
it into a size (share of immigrants) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component. We …

Two prominent features of international labor movements are that the more educated are
more likely to emigrate (positive selection) and more educated migrants are more likely to …

Historical accounts suggest that Jewish émigrés from Nazi Germany revolutionized US
science. To analyze the émigrés' effects on chemical innovation in the United States, we …

Global matrices of bilateral migrant stocks spanning 1960–2000 are presented,
disaggregated by gender and based primarily on the foreign-born definition of migrants …

The term “brain drain” dominates popular discourse on high-skilled migration, and for this
reason, we use it in this article. However, as Harry Johnson noted, it is a loaded phrase …

The worldwide race to attract talents is getting tougher. The US has been leading the race,
with its ability to attract PhD candidates and graduates not only from emerging countries, but …

A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from
three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among …