Long Run Impact Of Migration - Brain Drain Vs Brain Gain

Question 1

Main con of migration

Answer 1

Brain drain - loss of skilled workers

Question 2

Khanna: how does it differ from Yang

B) FINDINGS

Answer 2

Yang looks migrant income/remittances on origin households only e.g education, vehicle ownership etc
(SHORT RUN -15 MONTHS)

Khanna looks positive gains to migrant income on long run economic development by looking at 74 provinces
(LONG RUN - OVER 3 DECADES)

B) Found positive impacts in the provinces. (Even areas with low migrant relations!)

Question 3

Virtuous cycle of migration

Answer 3

Migrant income - increase educational investment at origin - more skilled workers increase migration again (repeat process) or increase domestic income if stay at home- either one increases global income! So migrant income has a multiplier effec

Question 4

How much of the increase in global income is from domestic income

B) how much of global income increase due to educational investment

Answer 4

80% (and domestic income is a function of migration income!!)

B) the rest! I.e 1/5 of global income (again comes from migration income!)

Question 5

So evidence towards brain drain or brain gain in reality?

Answer 5

Brain gain