Does brain drain cause human capital accumulation

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Science Research Management ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11) : 107-114.

Wang Dejin

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The Granger causality between human capital and immigrants with higher eduction is tested and measured in the framenork of VAR model system, and the transfer function model between two of them is estimated. The positive effect that brain drain induces human capital accumulation is confirmed, and its transfer mechanism is analyzed.

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brain drain / human capital accumulation / Granger causality test / VAR model

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Wang Dejin. Does brain drain cause human capital accumulation[J]. Science Research Management. 2011, 32(11): 107-114

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