Global Talent Flows

Arbeitspapier

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape of global talent mobility, which is both asymmetric and rising in importance. We next consider the determinants of global talent flows at the individual and firm levels and sketch some important implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select migrants for admission. Looking forward, the capacity of people, firms, and countries to successfully navigate this tangled web of global talent will be critical to their success.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10328

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Integration ; International Migration ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing ; Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks ; Entrepreneurship ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• Subject: migration ; talent ; diaspora

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pekkala, Sari ; Kerr, William ; Ozden, Caglar ; Parsons, Christopher
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149187
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET