Brain drain or brain bank? The impact of skilled emigration on poor-country innovation

2010/07/04 by Ajay Agrawal, Devesh Kapur, John McHale +1 · 6 citations
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Brain drain #Business #Diaspora #Economic Growth and Development #Economic Growth and Productivity #Economic growth #Economics #Emigration #Entrepreneurship #Finance #Firm Innovation and Growth #Harm #Innovator #Labour economics #Political science #Productivity

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jue.2010.06.003

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Citations

• Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D
• From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China
• Direct validation of citation counts as indicators of industrially important patents
• Endogenous Technological Change

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