Migration of the highly educated: Evidence from residence spells of university graduates
Abstract
We examine the inter-regional migration of university graduates from 1991 to 2003 in Finland. The results show that time matters: two-years before and during the graduation year the hazard rates of migration increase, and then decrease thereafter. Although university graduates are particularly mobile, we find that most of them do not move from their region of studies within 10 years after graduation. The out-migration, i.e., brain drain, is much higher among graduates in the more peripheral universities than in the growth centers (Helsinki in particular). Migration is also substantially more likely for those studying away from the home region than for those studying at home.
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Published
2012
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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Original source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00745.x
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Peer reviewed
ISSN
1467-9787
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00745.x
Language
English
Published in
Journal of Regional Science
Citation
- Haapanen, M., & Tervo, H. (2012). Migration of the highly educated: Evidence from residence spells of university graduates. Journal of Regional Science, 52(4), 587-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00745.x
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