Arbeitspapier
Massive Migration and its Effect on Human Capital and Growth: The Case of Western Balkan and Central and Eastern European Countries
We analyse the effect of massive migration particularly from the Western Balkans and the Central and Eastern European countries on human capital and growth. In our analysis, we use a system of three equations to estimate simultaneously the effect of migration on human capital and on growth. An important driver of migration is chain migration, as well as the unemployment and income differentials between developing and developed countries. Overall, our findings suggest that migration of highly skilled from the Western Balkan and Central Eastern European countries has been beneficial to economic growth and income convergence of these countries. Our analysis supports the positive impact of low-skilled migration on the composition of human capital in the source countries.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers ; No. 124
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
- Subject
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migration
brain drain
brain gain
economic growth
human capital
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Landesmann, Michael
Mara, Isilda
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
- (where)
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Vienna
- (when)
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Landesmann, Michael
- Mara, Isilda
- The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
Time of origin
- 2016
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