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Emigration after EU Enlargement: Was There a Brain Drain Effect in the Case of Estonia?Kristi AnnisteUniversity of Tartu Tiit Tammaruaffiliation not provided to SSRN Enel PungasUniversity of Tartu Tiiu PaasUniversity of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration May 29, 2012 University of Tartu Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper No. 87-2012 Abstract: The study analyzes changes in emigration from Estonia in order to shed more light on East-West migration, contributing to the main debate on “brain drain” by focusing on educational differences in emigration. We use anonymous individual level data for all emigrants from the register-based Estonian Emigration Database compiled by Statistics Estonia for the period 2000-2008. The analysis shows that there has been no significant brain drain from Estonia as a new EU member state during this period. Moreover, we find evidence of a spreading of the emigration norm into a wider range of population groups, including the less educated, since Estonia joined the European Union in 2004.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 20 Keywords: education, emigration, East-West migration, Estonia JEL Classification: J61, F22, O15 working papers seriesDate posted: May 30, 2012Suggested Citation |
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