A Note on Mountford's Manuscript 'Can a Brain Drain Be Good for Growth in the Source Economy?'

Department of Economics of University of Bologna Working Paper No. 652

14 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2009

Date Written: April 9, 2009

Abstract

In this briefly note we extend the Mountford's article "Can a Brain Drain be good for growth in the source economy?" by introducing an active role of the government in the education decisions of the agent by public education, taxes and subsidies. First, we demonstrate that the main results obtained by Mountford do not disappeared. Second, we argue that the model, by these new assumptions, help us to extend the Mountford's results to a greater range of economic scenarios and in particular, to the new enlarged European Union.

Keywords: Brain Drain, Public Goods, Education, Taxes

JEL Classification: H52, O15

Suggested Citation

Giannoccolo, Pierpaolo, A Note on Mountford's Manuscript 'Can a Brain Drain Be Good for Growth in the Source Economy?' (April 9, 2009). Department of Economics of University of Bologna Working Paper No. 652, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1375372 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1375372

Pierpaolo Giannoccolo (Contact Author)

University of Bologna ( email )

Department of Economics
Piazza Scaravilli, 2
40125 Bologna, 40125
Italy

HOME PAGE: http://www2.dse.unibo.it/giannoccolo

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