An agent-based model for brain drain (1.0.1)
An agent-based model for the emigration of highly-skilled labour.
We hypothesise that there are two main factors that impact the decision and ability to move abroad: desire to maximise individual utility and network effects. Accordingly, several factors play role in brain drain such as the overall economic and social differences between the home and host countries, people’s ability and capacity to obtain good jobs and start a life abroad, the barriers of moving abroad, and people’s social network who are already working abroad.
Release Notes
Original version of the model as studied in the associated publication.
Associated Publications
F. Gürsoy and B. Badur. An Agent-Based Modelling Approach to Brain Drain. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. (to appear). doi: 10.1109/TCSS.2021.3066074
Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03234
An agent-based model for brain drain 1.0.1
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Furkan Gürsoy
Published Mar 12, 2021
Last modified Mar 12, 2021
An agent-based model for the emigration of highly-skilled labour.
We hypothesise that there are two main factors that impact the decision and ability to move abroad: desire to maximise individual utility and network effects. Accordingly, several factors play role in brain drain such as the overall economic and social differences between the home and host countries, people’s ability and capacity to obtain good jobs and start a life abroad, the barriers of moving abroad, and people’s social network who are already working abroad.
Release Notes
Original version of the model as studied in the associated publication.
