High-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorHart, David M.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Theodore
dc.creatorDavis, Theodore
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28T03:16:00Z
dc.date.available2014-08-28T03:16:00Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractThe concept of brain drain contends that the migration of highly-skilled individuals benefits receiving countries at the expense of sending countries. Though research supports this concept, several cases have been documented whereby a positive-sum relationship evolved for services that can be characterized as tradable. The research presented herein seeks to understand the extent of the relationship between the nature of a service (those classified as tradable or nontradable) and the positive-sum growth in human capital through a case study of high-skill migration scenarios. The study focuses on the migration relationship between India and the United States--one of the world's largest high-skill flows. Further, the study is conducted at the sectoral level, including the information technology, medical services, and post-secondary education (academic) sectors. To gain a rich understanding of the migration relationships, the field research is based on 50 personal interviews and 512 survey responses of high-skilled immigrants and subject matter experts across the United States in the three sectors.
dc.format.extent271 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8797
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2013 Theodore Davis
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectBrain drain
dc.subjectCircular migration
dc.subjectHigh-skill migration
dc.subjectImmigration
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectTransnational communities
dc.titleHigh-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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