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The movement of labour, and especially educated labour, from poorer to richer countries has excited considerable public concern in many countries, particularly since the early 1960s. In respect of educated labour the movement has been popularly described as “brain drain”.
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It is pointed out in H. G. Grubel and A. D. Scott, “The International Flow of Human Capital”, American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), May 1966, that if the externality attaches to the profession rather than the individual, the emigration of the individual will deprive the country of emigration of the externality only until he is replaced by another member of his profession.
These cases were suggested by a reading of Brinley Thomas, “The International Circulation of Human Capital”, Minerva, Summer 1967, although they are not identical with those presented in that source.
Economic Council of Canada, First Annual Review: Economic Goals for Canada to 1970 ( Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1964 ), pp. 342–80.
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Johnson, H.G. (1975). International Circulation of Human Capital or “Brain Drain”. In: Technology and Economic Interdependence. Trade Policy Research Centre. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15611-5_6
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