Mishra, Prachi.
Emigration and Brain Drain Evidence From the Caribbean / Prachi Mishra. [electronic resource] : Prachi Mishra. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. - 1 online resource (39 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 06/25 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 06/25 .
This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor force with more than 12 years of completed schooling-among the highest emigration rates in the world. The region is also the world's largest recipient of remittances as a percent of GDP. Remittances constituted about 13 percent of the region's GDP in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the official remittances to the Caribbean region. The results suggest that there is indeed some evidence for brain drain from the Caribbean.
1451862857 : 15.00 USD
1018-5941
10.5089/9781451862850.001 doi
Emigration
Labor Demand
Labor Force
Migration
Remittances
Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
United States
Emigration and Brain Drain Evidence From the Caribbean / Prachi Mishra. [electronic resource] : Prachi Mishra. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. - 1 online resource (39 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 06/25 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 06/25 .
This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor force with more than 12 years of completed schooling-among the highest emigration rates in the world. The region is also the world's largest recipient of remittances as a percent of GDP. Remittances constituted about 13 percent of the region's GDP in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the official remittances to the Caribbean region. The results suggest that there is indeed some evidence for brain drain from the Caribbean.
1451862857 : 15.00 USD
1018-5941
10.5089/9781451862850.001 doi
Emigration
Labor Demand
Labor Force
Migration
Remittances
Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
United States