In addition, unofficial migration is not linked to development policies and does not take into account the impact of emigration on poor countries.
But what holds for the world may not hold for individual countries that lose large swathes of their educated middle class.Some economists would argue that, overall, the impact of emigration on a sending country may be beneficial.
This flew in the face of common sense, by seeming to support a return to the chaotic coalition governments of the past.William Hale IstanbulSIR – It is correct that the impact of emigration on a migrant's country of origin is not all bad (Economics focus, May 28th).
The present paper contributes to the literature on the impact of emigration on the origin country.
This paper contributes to the incipient but fast-growing literature on the impact of emigration in home country politics and policies in several ways.
In this section, we look at the robustness of the OLS results regarding the impact of emigration accounting for correlations between the various dimensions of institutions.
First, whereas most of the studies to date have explored the impact of emigration on attitudes toward democracy and political behavior of those left behind, we look into how outmigration shapes attitudes regarding the economic and social role of the state.
The tables show the number of psychiatrists for each source country in each of the six WHO regions who are now working in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the US, the population of the source country, the number of psychiatrists in that country, the ratio of psychiatrists per 100,000, and the impact of emigration.
This reinforces the point that the impact of emigration on sub-Saharan countries is not just about numbers, it is about a loss of experienced staff.
The impact of emigration on health care provision in the home country is limited, as these countries have an adequate supply of physicians.
