</title>This paper looks at a little-explored role that universities can play: that of representing a channel for brain gain, enabling regions to attract bright students who may decide to stay after they have graduated. In this way, universities can be a source of selective migration processes and...

<title>Abstract</title> This paper presents a new version of a forecasting regional growth model called MASST (MAcroeconomic, Sectoral, Social, Territorial model). This new version is specifically designed to take account of sectoral and social (intangible) effects on the growth of regions, and it is therefore...

F<sc>ratesi</sc> U. and P<sc>ercoco</sc> M. Selective migration, regional growth and convergence: evidence from Italy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper studies the link between regional disparities and migration flows, focusing on the skill content of migration. Disparities may lead to migration, which should reduce...

F<sc>ratesi</sc> U<sc>.</sc> Editorial: The mobility of high-skilled workers - causes and consequences, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This editorial sets the context for this themed collection by identifying why the literature has increasingly explored the heterogeneous nature of labour mobility, and how the mobility of...