scholarly journals Medical Worker Migration and Origin-Country Human Capital: Evidence from U.S. Visa Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-46
Author(s):  
Paolo Abarcar ◽  
Caroline Theoharides
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
International Migration ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Medical Worker ◽  
New Nurses ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Visa Policy

Abstract We exploit changes in U.S. visa policies for nurses to measure the origin-country human capital response to international migration opportunities. Combining data on all migrant departures and postsecondary institutions in the Philippines, we show that nursing enrollment and graduation increased substantially in response to greater U.S. demand for nurses. The supply of nursing programs expanded. Nurse quality, measured by licensure exam pass rates, declined. Despite this, for each nurse migrant, 9 additional nurses were licensed. New nurses switched from other degree types, but graduated at higher rates than they would have otherwise, increasing the human capital stock in the Philippines.

scholarly journals Medical Worker Migration and Origin-Country Human Capital: Evidence from U.S. Visa Policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Abarcar ◽  
Caroline Theoharides
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Medical Worker ◽  
New Nurses ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Visa Policy

We exploit changes in U.S. visa policies for nurses to measure brain drain versus gain. Combining data on all migrant departures and postsecondary institutions in the Philippines, we show that nursing enrollment and graduation increased substantially in response to greater U.S. demand for nurses. The supply of nursing programs expanded to accommodate this increase. Nurse quality, measured by licensure exam pass rates, declined. Despite this, for each nurse migrant, 10 additional nurses were licensed. New nurses switched from other degree types, but graduated at higher rates than they would have otherwise, thus increasing the human capital stock in the Philippines.

scholarly journals International migration, remittances, and the human capital formation of Egyptian children

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 38-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onur A. Koska ◽  
Perihan Özge Saygin ◽  
Selim Çağatay ◽  
Andrés Artal-Tur
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Human Capital Formation ◽  
Egyptian Children

The Philippine National Recording Systems on International Migration

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1265-1269
Author(s):  
Benjamin V. Cariño
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Migration ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Migration Data ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Migration Flows

The Philippines is a country of emigration that has been the source of significant migration flows heading mostly to the United States and, since the mid-seventies, to the labor importing countries of the Middle East. However, despite the importance of international migration for national policy, efforts to correct the serious data limitations in the area of migration statistics have been limited and uncoordinated. In fact, most estimates of emigration levels from the Philippines still rely heavily on the data gathered by receiving countries. Filipino data sources and the operation of government agencies charged with gathering migration data will be reviewed briefly below.

Xceed

2010 ◽  
pp. 1298-1323
Author(s):  
Sherif Kamel ◽  
Maha Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Contact Center ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Contact Centers

The global spending on outsourcing has exceeded one trillion U.S. dollars in 2000 and it is expected to reach much higher heights by 2010. Outsourcing represents a major opportunity for developing nations with different capacities and skills in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) coupled with communication, business, and marketing capacities of their human capital. Contact centers are one of the growing trends that can benefit from the opportunities enabled through outsourcing. Over the last decade, India, the Philippines, and Mexico took the lead in the contact center industry in the context of developing nations. Moreover, in the 1990s Egypt, through its massive efforts to position itself as one of the ICT hubs in the Middle East, had started its efforts to develop itself as a destination for offshore outsourcing as well as penetrating the global marketplace for contact centers. This case demonstrates the process of establishing Xceed, the pioneer contact center in Egypt serving a global community of customers and excelling to become one of the brand names of the industry worldwide.

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