Migration, Research and Innovation

Jane Nilsson

Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2018, vol. 61, issue 1, 96-127

Abstract: High-skill workers play a central role in both the knowledge economy and cross-country labour mobility. The number of international migrants with a tertiary education has more than doubled in the last two decades. The present study uses world-wide individual level migration data and estimates econometrically to what extent high-skill international migration contributes to the knowledge creation in destination countries, as well as to the knowledge diffusion worldwide. Our result suggest that the role of international high-skill migrants is substantial both ion the knowledge creation and knowledge diffusion.

Keywords: High-skill Labour; Migration; Research; Innovation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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