Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100641 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 2013-03
Publisher: 
University of Salzburg, Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Salzburg
Abstract: 
The economic literature provides ample evidence that immigration of highly skilled workers is beneficial for the host economy. Yet, when compared to countries such as the USA or Canada, Europe receives a lower share of migrants with tertiary education, raising concerns that the EU does not attract enough highly skilled migrants. There is, however, considerable heterogeneity in the share of highly-skilled migrants across EU-15 countries which is even more pronounced at the regional level. This paper uses this heterogeneity to investigate the economic, labor market and institutional factors that make regions and countries attractive for highly skilled migrants vis-à-vis low-skill migrants. Controlling for a variety of regional characteristics, the regressions show both similarities and differences in the determinants of location choice between high- and low-skilled migrants and possible directions for migration policy.
Subjects: 
highly-skilled migration
regional location decisions
institutions
migration policy
JEL: 
F22
R23
C35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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