http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/02/correction-dean-baker-not-so-bad/ The Sweet Release of Reason Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:12:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/02/correction-dean-baker-not-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-578018 Micha Ghertner Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:53:31 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1375#comment-578018 Another reason why efforts to increase skilled migration relative to unskilled migration are silly if done for reasons of equality is that while such efforts decrease national inequality, they <i>increase</i> international inequality. Note that this has nothing to do with whether "brain drain" is good, bad, or neutral for the sending country; even if brain drain happens to be good for the sending country, skilled migration from poor countries to rich countries still increases international inequality. Another reason why efforts to increase skilled migration relative to unskilled migration are silly if done for reasons of equality is that while such efforts decrease national inequality, they increase international inequality. Note that this has nothing to do with whether “brain drain” is good, bad, or neutral for the sending country; even if brain drain happens to be good for the sending country, skilled migration from poor countries to rich countries still increases international inequality.

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