certification data for the US, and to Louise Gormley and the General Medical Council for providing me with registration data for the UK. I am grateful to Jeffrey Smith, Dean Yang, Daniel Eisenberg, Catherine McLaughlin and Margaret Kruk for many useful comments on several iterations of this paper. I also thank participants at the development economics seminar and the WIDTH seminar at the University of Michigan for their comments and suggestions. All mistakes remain mine. In this paper I investigate the role that source country economic conditions play in driving physician emigration. Using a new panel dataset on the annual flow of physicians from 31 Sub-Saharan African countries to the United States and the United Kingdom between 1975 and 2...
The emigration of highly skilled workers can in theory lower social welfare in the migrant-sending c...
Abstract Several countries are increasingly relying on immigration as a means of coping with domesti...
We build a new database documenting the evolution of physician migration over a period of 25 years (...
BackgroundPhysician migration from poor to rich countries is considered an important contributor to ...
Abstract Background Physician migration from poor to rich countries is considered an important contr...
Background: The WHO estimates a global shortage of 2.8 million physicians, with severe deficiencies ...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
This paper provides an overview of the evidence and applied literature on medical migration. The eco...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
First published online: 26 July 2021Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from ...
Background The WHO estimates a global shortage of 2.8 million physicians, with severe deficiencies e...
Abstract: We analyzed the effects of physician emigration on human development indicators in develop...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
We analyzed the effects of physician emigration on human development indicators in developing countr...
BACKGROUND: Migration of health professionals has been a cause for global concern, in particular mig...
The emigration of highly skilled workers can in theory lower social welfare in the migrant-sending c...
Abstract Several countries are increasingly relying on immigration as a means of coping with domesti...
We build a new database documenting the evolution of physician migration over a period of 25 years (...
BackgroundPhysician migration from poor to rich countries is considered an important contributor to ...
Abstract Background Physician migration from poor to rich countries is considered an important contr...
Background: The WHO estimates a global shortage of 2.8 million physicians, with severe deficiencies ...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
This paper provides an overview of the evidence and applied literature on medical migration. The eco...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
First published online: 26 July 2021Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from ...
Background The WHO estimates a global shortage of 2.8 million physicians, with severe deficiencies e...
Abstract: We analyzed the effects of physician emigration on human development indicators in develop...
Background: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in t...
We analyzed the effects of physician emigration on human development indicators in developing countr...
BACKGROUND: Migration of health professionals has been a cause for global concern, in particular mig...
The emigration of highly skilled workers can in theory lower social welfare in the migrant-sending c...
Abstract Several countries are increasingly relying on immigration as a means of coping with domesti...
We build a new database documenting the evolution of physician migration over a period of 25 years (...