The International Migration of Knowledge Workers: When is Brain Drain Beneficial? [PDF]
We consider the welfare effects of the emigration of workers who produce a public good (knowledge). We distinguish between the knowledge diversion and knowledge creation effects of such emigration, and show that the remaining residents of a country can ...
Carol McAusland, Peter J. Kuhn
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Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2006 The prevailing view is that the β2-integrins Mac-1 (αMβ2, CD11b/CD18) and LFA-1 (αLβ2, CD11a/CD18) serve similar biological functions, namely adhesion, in the leukocyte recruitment cascade.
M. Phillipson +5 more
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The Emigration of Immigrants, Return vs. Onward Migration: Evidence from Sweden [PDF]
Using data on registered emigration from Sweden from 1991-2000, this study analyzes emigration propensities for natives and immigrants delineating among immigrant emigrants between return and onward migration.
Nekby, Lena
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Highly Educated, New Foreign Workers' Acculturation and Coping Mechanisms in a Large Korean Company
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The need for skilled foreign workers in South Korea (Korea hereafter) has grown substantially due Korea's changing workforce demographics, skill mismatch, transformation of business portfolios, and the pursuit of globalized business. As a result, large Korean companies have begun to recruit highly educated foreign workers for global talent ...
Dae Seok Chai
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Are Ethnic Minorities More Likely to Emigrate? Evidence from Latvia [PDF]
Drawing on survey data on emigration intentions in Latvia, this paper studies emigration intentions of minorities. The paper shows, that after controlling for other factors, the probability of emigration of a Russian minority individual is higher than ...
Artjoms Ivlevs
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Body mass index and colorectal cancer recurrence and mortality: A nationwide cohort study in Denmark
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Obesity may worsen colorectal cancer prognosis, but the existing evidence remains inconclusive. This large nationwide cohort study comprehensively assessed how BMI interacts with demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic factors to influence colorectal cancer prognosis.
Cathrine F. Hjorth +8 more
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Do Visas Kill? Health Effects of African Health Professional Emigration [PDF]
The emigration of highly skilled workers can in theory lower social welfare in the migrant-sending country. If such workers produce a good whose consumption conveys a positive externality—such as nurses and doctors in a very poor country—the loss can be ...
Michael Clemens
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Indicators to identify cancer screening providers with suboptimal case detection: A scoping review
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Quality control of cancer screening programs is essential to maintaining high public health standards. Here, the authors reviewed monitoring of case detection in cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs in Europe, and evaluated its effectiveness. They analysed 20 different measures used for this purpose and showed that many of them
Jiayao Lei +5 more
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Search Equilibrium with Migration: the Case of Poland [PDF]
The EU enlargement has facilitated labour force movements between the former EU member countries and the accession countries. Foremost, the outflow of workers from the new member countries to countries which introduced open-door policy has magnified. The
Katarzyna Budnik
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The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest: evidence from the Pacific [PDF]
, 2009 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 the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the ...
Gibson, J., McKenzie, D.
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