Selected Publications
Total citations Google Scholar (December, 2021) : 3 707
Most Cited Papers: 
  • "International Migration by Educational Attainment (1990-2000)": 1 300
  • Brain drain in Developing Countries" : 592
  • "Measuring the International Mobility of Skilled Workers (1990-2000)-Release 1.0" :  499
  • "A Gendered Assessment of Highly Skilled Emigration": 457
  • "Education, Gender and International Migration: Insights from a Panel-dataset 1980-2010": 239

​In Journals
  • Abdeslam Marfouk (2018), “I’m neither racist nor xenophobic, but: dissecting European attitudes towards a ban on Muslims’ immigration”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2018.1519585
  • Arusha Cooray, Abdeslam Marfouk, and Maliha Nazir (2018), "Opinion Public and Immigration:Who Favors Employment Discrimination against Immigrants?, with Arusha Cooray and Maliha Nazir, International Migration, https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.1245​
  • Abdeslam Marfouk (2017), Book Review of Gender, Migration and the Global Race of Talent. By Anna Boucher. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016. In international Migration Review Volume 51(Issue 2), pp. e29-e30, DOI: 10.1111/imre.12336.
  • Speranta Dumitru and Abdeslam Marfouk (2015), "Existe-t-il une féminisation de la migration internationale?: Féminisation de la migration qualifiée et invisibilité des diplômes", with , in Hommes et Migrations, No. 1311, pp. 31-41. Upload​
  • Stella Capuano and Abdeslam Marfouk (2013)"African Brain Drain and Its Impact on Source countries",  in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, Special Issue: Immigration and Its Impact on Human Capital Development, Volume 15, No. 4, pp. 297-314, 2013. Upload
  • Frederic Docquier, Abdeslam Marfouk, Sara.Salomone, and Khalid. Sekkat (2012), “Are Skilled Women more Migratory than Skilled Men?”, with , in World Development, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp. 251-265. Upload
  • Pascal  Hoba and Abdeslam Marfouk (2011), “Why Should we Worry about Brain Drain from Africa?”, with P. Hoba, in Journal of Higher Education Area, Issue 4, pp. 22-42. Upload
  • Frederic Docquier, Lindsay Lowell, and Abdeslam Marfouk (2009), "A gendered assessment of highly skilled emigration", with , in Population and Development Review, 35 (2), pp. 297-322. Upload
  • Frederic Docquier and Abdeslam Marfouk (2006), “La Fuite des Cerveaux Entrave-t-elle la Croissance Européenne?”, with F. Docquier, in Regards Economiques, # 43, September. Reprinted in Problèmes Economiques, # 2914, January 2007. 
  • Frederic Docquier, Olivier Lohest, and Abdeslam Marfouk (2007), "Brain Drain in Developing Countries", with F. Docquier and O. Lohest, in World Bank Economic Review,  21(2), pp. 193-218. Upload
  • Frederic Docquier, Olivier Lohest, and Abdeslam Marfouk (2005), " Union Européenne et Migrations Internationales: L’UE Contribue t-­elle à l’Exode des Travailleurs Qualifiés”,  in Revue Economique, Volume 56(6), p.p. 1301-1330. Upload
  • “Union Européenne et Migrations Internationales: L’UE Contribue t-­elle à l’Exode des Travailleurs Qualifiés”, with F. Docquier and O. Lohest, in Revue Economique, Volume 56(6), p.p. 1301-1330, 2005. Upload.

​Books and Books Chapters
  • Jean-Michel Lafleur, Abdeslam Marfouk, and Nadia Fadil  (2018), Migratie in België in 21 vragen en antwoorden, Leuven University Press. Ebook freely accessible
  • Jean-Michel Lafleur and  Abdeslam Marfouk (2017), Pourquoi l’immigration ? 21 questions que se posent les Belges sur les migrations internationales au 21ème siècle,  Academia-L'Harmattan Edition, 2017. Ebook freely accessible 
  • Abdeslam Marfouk (2014), "Opinion Publique Wallonne et Immigration: Le Mythe de l'invasion", in S. Brunet, R. Cardelli et Th. Bornand (éd.): Le Baromètre Social de la Wallonie - Engagement, confiance, représentation et Identité, Presse Universitaire de Louvain, Belgium.
  • Abdeslam Marfouk (2006), "International Migration by Educational Attainment (1990-2000)", with F. Docquier, in C. Ozden and M. Schiff, International Migration, Remittances and Development, Parlgrave Macmillan, New York, United States. Upload.​

​Working Papers
  • "Opinion Public and Immigration:Who Favors Employment Discrimination against Immigrants?, with Arusha Cooray and Maliha Nazir, Global Labor Organization (GLO), Discussion Paper, No. 175, January 2018. Upload.
  • "I’m Neither Racist nor Xenophobic, but: Dissecting European Attitudes towards a Ban on Muslims’ Immigration", Global Labor Organization (GLO), Discussion Paper, No. 174, November 2016. Uplaod, MPRA Paper Series, No. 79747. Upload. The paper is under revision for Ethnic and Racial Studies.
  • "Préjugés et fausses idées sur l'immigration et les immigrés, vecteurs de discrimination en matière d'accès à l'emploi", MPRA Paper Series, 2013. Upload
  • "African Brain Drain and Its Impact on Source countries", with Stella Capuano, MPRA Paper Series, May, 2013. Upload.​
  • "Geographic, Gender and Skill Structure of International Migration", with F. Docquier, C. Ozden and C. Parsons, Manuscript, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES). Other version, MPRA Paper Series, 2011. Upload.
  • “Are Skilled Women more Migratory than Skilled Men?”, with F. Docquier, S. Salomone and K. Sekkat, Discussion Papers, No. 2009-21, October, 2009, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Upload.
  • “The African Brain Drain: Scope and Determinants”, Working Paper DULBEA, Research Series, NO. 08-­‐ 07.RS, March, Département d'Economie Appliquée, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium), July, 2008. Upload.
  • "Brain Drain in Developing Countries", with F. Docquier and O. Lohest, Discussion Papers, No. 2007-4, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), April, 2007. Upload.
  • “A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain  ”, with F. Docquier and B.L. Lowell, Discussion Papers, No. 2007-45, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), November, 2007. Upload. 
  • “A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain  ”, with F. Docquier and B.L. Lowell, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Discussion Paper, No. 3235, December, 2007, Bonn (Germany), December. Upload.  Other version: “A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain  ”, with F. Docquier and B.L. Lowell, Policy Research Working Paper, No. 4613, May, 2008, World Bank, Washington D.C. (United States), May. Upload.
  •  "Brain Drain in Developing Regions (1990-­‐2000)", with F. Docquier and O. Lohest, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Discussion Paper, No. 1668, July, 2005, Bonn (Germany). Upload.
  •  “Measuring the International Mobility of Skilled Workers (1990–2000) – Release 1.0”, with F. Docquier, Policy Research Working Paper, No. 3381, 2004, World Bank, Washington D.C (United States). Upload.