Catch-up Growth Based on International Talent Mobility in an Idea-Based World

• Main Authors: QUAN, Yu, HOON, Hian Teck
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: catch up; talent mobility; knowledge spillover; Growth and Development; Labor Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/772; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1771/viewcontent/Quan_Hoon_Talentmobility_D7.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We show how catch-up growth can result when immigrant ties of talented people to their home countries facilitate technology diffusion from world technological leaders to developing countries. The aspect of immigrant link we focus on is knowledge spillover through various programs of international ex...