Using a policy change in the Netherlands in 2012 that made it easier and less costly for firms to employ high-skilled short-stay non-European Union workers and a matched employer-employee data, this paper shows that firms in high-skill industries respond by both employing a higher share of...

Developed countries are increasingly trying to attract skilled migrants, rarely giving any consideration to the impact that this migration might have on countries of origin. The debate on the "brain drain" is not new but it has taken on greater urgency in the context of a globalizing economy and...

Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to...

This paper will attempt to research the current state of play of the interaction between the GATS and the knowledge economy, firstly by presenting an understanding of the race to the control the development of the knowledge economy and its link to the education and mobility of human capital. It...

Romanians, together with other Eastern Europeans, endured under communism confinement to the communist space, often described in terms of a geographic prison. The fall of communism brought Eastern Europeans the possibility of free movement. However, most Western states adopted restrictive...

To obtain “1.2 million additional research personnel” necessary to “irrigate” the science-based industries, EU stresses, it is not sufficient to increase the investment in research alone. The motivation behind several brain drain policies implemented in Europe in recent years is to stop...

How does inventors' migration affect international talent allocation, knowledge diffusion, and productivity growth? To answer this question, I build a novel two-country innovation-led endogenous growth model, where heterogeneous inventors produce innovations, learn from others and make dynamic...

The United States has long been the ultimate IQ magnet for highly skilled migrants. But this trend has changed dramatically in recent years. Today, the United States is no longer the sole - nor the most sophisticated - national player engaged in recruiting the best and brightest worldwide. Other...

The economics literature on the international migration of skilled workers is reviewed and recent policy trends are evaluated. The theoretical implications of skilled migration are discussed within the context of the benefits to the skilled immigrant, the sending country, and the receiving...

Chapter 1: Immigrant Work Integration: A Wicked Problem -- Chapter 2: The Sensemaking Perspective -- Chapter 3: The Immigrant Sensemaker -- Chapter 4: Powerful Interactions for Integration -- Chapter 5: Organizing for Immigrant Workforce Integration -- Chapter 6: The Macro Context of Immigration...