No Place Like Home? Graduate Migration in Germany

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5524

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haussen, Tina ; Uebelmesser, Silke
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/123161
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET