Stepping Out of the Brain Drain is important not only because it offers a timely summary of the Catholic teaching on migration and a persuasive challenge to one aspect of that teaching, but also because it offers a model for how lay persons can effectively help the social teaching remain sensitive to the 'signs of the times' as events unfold. The book abundantly evidences its authors' great respect for Catholic social teaching, as well as their great understanding of it and the context in which existing policy developed.

Marisa Cianciarulo, Association Of American Colleges and Universities

An original, bracing, and controversial rethinking of the 'brain drain.' A good test for those who think they know everything about immigration.

Michael Novak, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, 1994 Templeton laureate

This is a ground-breaking book and should be read by everybody who cares about the interplay between migration and development. Pistone and Hoeffner detail the contributions that skilled workers make to economic development and poverty reduction in their nations of origin. In an era characterized by globalization, they see the mobility of skilled migrants as a 'gain' for both sending and receiving nations, a gain that very directly addresses the root causes of migration.

Donald Kerwin, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

This impressively researched and compassionate book makes the case that today's migrants can often do more to fulfill their obligations to help their families and home communities as migrants than if they remained at home. It raises important questions not only for Catholics but for anyone who is concerned about the ethical implications of migration policies.

Kathleen Newland, director, Migration Policy Institute

This book represents a challenge to the teaching Church from two Catholic scholars whose faith convictions run deep and whose knowledge of Catholic Social Teaching is impressive.

William J. Byron, S.J., Catholic University, author of The Power of Principles: Ethics in the New Corporate Culture

This splendid book provides an insightful, dispassionate, informed and comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of 'brain drain' by two prominent scholars with both a social conscience and a cool head. Every policymaker and scholar interested in this important phenomenon, and in its policy implications, must be required to read it.

Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University