Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (JESP)
Vol 15, No 2 (2023)

Exploring Brain Gain Potential: Overseas Work Experience and Return Migrant Income in Indonesia

Feisal Sinaga (Universitas Indonesia)
Padang Wicaksono (Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Oct 2023

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of overseas work experience and education level on the income of return Indonesian Migrant Workers (purna PMI) compared to non-PMI. The unit of analysis used is workers aged 20-40 years who are relatively young and have long career paths. The data used is Sakernas of August 2021, and the analytical method used is the Two Step Heckman Method to overcome selectivity bias problems. The results show that the achievement of human capital purna PMI is not better than non-PMI, where most purna PMI have low education, and only a few are highly educated. The results of the inferential analysis show that only highly educated purna PMI earn a higher income of 19.5% compared to non-PMI (earnings premium), reflecting the brain gain effect. In contrast, purna PMI with low education has a lower income of 9.01% (earnings penalty) compared to non-PMI with the same level of education.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JESP

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...