Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain

The share of immigrants in Western and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly over the past four decades. Today, one of every three immigrants in the world goes to Europe. Furthermore, although globally only one-third of migration takes place within regions, intraregional migration is especially high...

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spelling okr-10986-324812021-04-23T14:05:14Z Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain World Bank ECONOMIC FORECASTS GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS SHIFT TO HIGH-SKILL INTENSIVE REPORT TRADABLE SERVICES TRADE TRANSITION MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY BRAIN DRAIN The share of immigrants in Western and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly over the past four decades. Today, one of every three immigrants in the world goes to Europe. Furthermore, although globally only one-third of migration takes place within regions, intraregional migration is especially high within Europe and Central Asia, with 80 percent of the region's emigrants choosing to move to other countries in the region. In high-income destination countries, migrants are often blamed for high unemployment and declining social services. There are also widespread concerns about brain drain in the migrant sending countries of Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, and Central Asia. This update focuses on the design of policies on labor mobility and presents the trends, determinants, and impacts of low- and high-skilled labor. 2019-09-30T21:40:30Z 2019-09-30T21:40:30Z 2019-10-09 Serial http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/657051570692065211/World-Bank-ECA-Economic-Update-Fall-2019 978-1-4648-1506-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32481 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia
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topic ECONOMIC FORECASTS
GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
SHIFT TO HIGH-SKILL INTENSIVE REPORT
TRADABLE SERVICES
TRADE
TRANSITION
MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
BRAIN DRAIN
spellingShingle ECONOMIC FORECASTS
GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
SHIFT TO HIGH-SKILL INTENSIVE REPORT
TRADABLE SERVICES
TRADE
TRANSITION
MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
BRAIN DRAIN
World Bank
Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
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Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Europe and Central Asia
description The share of immigrants in Western and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly over the past four decades. Today, one of every three immigrants in the world goes to Europe. Furthermore, although globally only one-third of migration takes place within regions, intraregional migration is especially high within Europe and Central Asia, with 80 percent of the region's emigrants choosing to move to other countries in the region. In high-income destination countries, migrants are often blamed for high unemployment and declining social services. There are also widespread concerns about brain drain in the migrant sending countries of Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, and Central Asia. This update focuses on the design of policies on labor mobility and presents the trends, determinants, and impacts of low- and high-skilled labor.
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title Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
title_short Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
title_full Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
title_fullStr Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
title_full_unstemmed Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2019 : Migration and Brain Drain
title_sort europe and central asia economic update, fall 2019 : migration and brain drain
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/657051570692065211/World-Bank-ECA-Economic-Update-Fall-2019
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