Migration of the Highly Skilled: Can Europe catch up with the US?

Lydia Mechtenberg and Roland Strausz ()

No SFB649DP2009-048, SFB 649 Discussion Papers from Humboldt University, Collaborative Research Center 649

Abstract: We develop a model to analyze the determinants and effects of an endogenous imperfect transferability of human capital on natives and immigrants. The model reveals that high migration flows and high skill-transferability are mutually interdependent. Moreover, we show that high mobility within a Federation is necessary to attract highly skilled immigrants into the Federation. We study in how far and in what way the European public policy behind the Bologna and the Lisbon Process can contribute to higher mobility in Europe.

Keywords: human capital; migration; transferability; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 H77 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-hrm, nep-mig and nep-ure
Date: Written

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