Migration and education subsidies by governments: a game-theoretic analysis

J Public Econ. 1985 Mar;26(2):249-62. doi: 10.1016/0047-2727(85)90008-8.

Abstract

This study is concerned with the implications of the brain drain. "The brain drain alters both the endowments of educated labor and the cost of increasing the endowment of such labor in both countries of immigration and emigration." It thus affects government subsidies for education both directly and indirectly. "This has implications for the burden of education expenditures and net supplies of educated labor in a world with a brain drain. The [author] shows the need for inclusion of a mechanism for transfers between the involved governments if a compensation scheme is to yield Pareto efficient migration."

MeSH terms

  • Demography
  • Economics
  • Education*
  • Educational Status*
  • Emigration and Immigration*
  • Employment*
  • Financial Management
  • Financing, Government*
  • Health Workforce*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Population
  • Population Characteristics*
  • Population Dynamics
  • Social Class
  • Social Planning*
  • Socioeconomic Factors