Arbeitspapier

No Place Like Home? Graduate Migration in Germany

We empirically analyze sub-national migration of graduates in Germany and its determinants. Based on a longitudinal, representative survey-based dataset of students who graduated in the academic year 2004/2005, we observe the transition to the labor market and previous and subsequent migration patterns. We find that, five years after graduation, about 60% of the graduates are employed in the university state either because they have stayed or returned. Whether or not graduates migrate largely depends on previous migration, job search characteristics and the states’ economic conditions. This results in an unbalanced migration of graduates between German states. From a public policy perspective, our analysis provides some rational for correction mechanisms.

This paper presents research output of the Ifo Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research (CEMIR)

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5524

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Education: Government Policy
State and Local Budget and Expenditures
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Thema
graduate migration
higher education funding
longitudinal graduate survey
job changes

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Haussen, Tina
Uebelmesser, Silke
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2015

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Haussen, Tina
  • Uebelmesser, Silke
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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