This paper assesses the potential for skilled labor migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. It utilizes …, workers in Ghana and Kenya are substantially less skilled than workers in Europe. The paper further considers a number of … be a remedy for skill shortages in Europe unless migrants are positively selected on their skills. In that case, however …

while considered as extremely large in the public debate in Europe. The main argument is based on a fundamental property of …. Two sets of implications are then derived: on one hand, mobility costs are high in Europe and transitions between steady …-states has especially strong adverse effects. Jobs endogenously last longer in Europe than in the US, but when they are destroyed …

Not least due to the change in overall economic conditions, the employment of foreign workers in Western Europe has in … Europe and discusses possible future developments. Thomas Straubhaar examines the significance of northward migration for the …

Die zentrale Frage dieser Studie lautet, inwiefern die Wanderung hochqualifizierter Arbeitskräfte in Europa negative … (Brain Drain), kann es bei gleichzeitiger Zuwanderung komplementärer Arten von Humankapital (Brain Exchange) zu einem …