A back-door brain drain

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 116
Issue: 3
Pages: 273-276

Authors (2)

Stark, Oded (Uniwersytet Warszawski) Byra, Lukasz (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The long run effect of migration solely by unskilled workers is that skilled workers in the home country acquire additional human capital yet their share in the country’s workforce falls. Consequently, the country’s average level of human capital is lowered.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:3:p:273-276
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25