Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21226 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 366
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Highly-skilled migrants are becoming a more important part of the world economy and of policy debates in a diverse set of countries. The proliferation of skills around the world, increases in world trade, the growth of R&D, and the general increase in the labor market demand for diverse sets of skills, have all contributed to the emergence of high-skilled migration as a major issue. High-skilled migration is often discussed in narrow terms of ?brain drain/brain gain?, when both the pattern of migration and its effects appear to be much more complex. However, our understanding of the effects of high skilled migration is much less than for international migration in general, and is based upon much less research and data. This paper reviews the possible effects of high skilled international migration, and the major research and policy questions that need answering.
Subjects: 
Migration
skilled labor
doctorate
brain drain
JEL: 
J44
J16
J21
J24
F02
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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