@workingpaper{Asongu2012br,
title = {The impact of health worker migration on development dynamics: evidence of wealth-effects from Africa},
author = {Simplice A Asongu},
editor = {African 2012 Governance and Development Institute WP/12/037},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/The-impact-of-health-worker-migration-on-development-dynamics.-Evidence-ofwealth-effects-from-Africa.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-04-01},
abstract = {This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker
migration on human development and economic prosperity (at macro and micro levels) in
Africa. Owing to lack of relevant data on Health Human Resource (HHR) migration for the
continent, the subject matter has remained empirically void over the last decades despite the
acute concern of health professional emigration. Using quantile regression, the following
findings have been established. (1) The effect of HHR emigration is positive (negative) at low
(high) levels of economic growth. (2) HHR emigration improves (mitigates) human development
(GDP per capita growth) in low (high) quantiles of the distribution. (3) Specific differences in
effects are found in top quantiles of human development and low quantiles of GDP per capita
growth where, the physician (nurse) emigration elasticities of development are positive
(negative) and negative (positive) respectively. As a policy implication, blanked health-worker
emigration control policies are unlikely to succeed across countries with different levels of
human development and economic prosperity. Hence, the policies should be contingent on the
prevailing levels of development and tailored differently across the most and least developed
African countries.},
keywords = {Welfare; Health; Human Capital; Migration},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}

@workingpaper{Asongu2012bt,
title = {Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa},
author = {Simplice A Asongu},
editor = {African 2012 Governance and Development Institute WP/12/009},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Determinants-Health-Professional-Migration-in-Africa.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-03-01},
abstract = {How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic
change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human
development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out
in the fight against health-worker crisis when existing emigration levels matter? Despite the
acute concern of health-worker crisis in Africa owing to emigration, lack of relevant data has
made the subject matter empirically void over the last decades. This paper assesses the
theoretical postulations of the WHO report on determinants of health-worker migration. Findings
provide a broad range of tools for the fight against health-worker brain-drain. As a policy
implication, blanket emigration-control policies are unlikely to succeed equally across countries
with different levels of emigration. Thus to be effective, immigration policies should be
contingent on the prevailing levels of the crisis and tailored differently across countries with the
best and worst records on fighting health worker emigration.},
keywords = {Welfare; Health; Human Capital; Migration},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}

@workingpaper{Asongu2012bu,
title = {Globalization and health worker crisis: what do wealth-effects tell us?},
author = {Simplice A Asongu},
editor = {African 2012 Governance and Development Institute WP/12/023},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Globalization-and-health-worker-crisis.-What-do-wealth-effects-tell-us.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-03-01},
abstract = {Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical
dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical
literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals
are reaching staggering levels in many parts of the globe. This paper complements existing
literature by empirically investigating the WHO hypothetical determinants of health-worker
migration in the context of globalization when income-levels matter. In plainer terms, the work
explores how the wealth of exporting countries play-out in the determinants of HHR emigration.
We assess the determinants of emigration in the health sector through-out the conditional
distribution of health human resource emigration. Findings provide very targeted policy
implications based on income-levels and existing emigration levels for both physician and nurse
worker crises. Beside specific policy recommendations, we also outlined broad policy measures
for source-countries, recipient-states and regional (international) institutions.},
keywords = {Welfare; Health; Human Capital; Migration},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}