Brain drain or brain gain? Graduate migration in old industrial regions. Analysis of the central Lower Rhine area, Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Hamm, Rüdiger; Jäger, Angelika; Kopper, Johannes; Kreutzer, Fabian
Titel	Brain drain or brain gain? Graduate migration in old industrial regions. Analysis of the central Lower Rhine area, Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Brain drain oder brain gain? Migration von Hochschulabsolventen in alten Industrieregionen. Eine Analyse für die Region Mittlerer Niederrhein, Deutschland.
Quelle	Aus: Hamm, Rüdiger (Hrsg.); Kopper, Johannes (Hrsg.): Higher education institutions and regional development. Proceedings of the 3. ERSA international workshop. Krefeld: Stünings-Medien (2015) S. 54-69Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Mönchengladbacher Schriften zur wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Praxis. 28
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-00-049656-1
Schlagwörter	Krefeld; Motivation; Niederrhein; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Strukturwandel; Universität; Wirtschaft; Mönchengladbach; Regionale Mobilität; Binnenwanderung; Migration; Abwanderung; Arbeitsplatzwahl; Zuwanderung; Motivation; Binnenwanderung; Regionale Mobilität; Entindustrialisierung; Migration; Strukturwandel; Wirtschaft; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitsplatzwahl; Arbeitsuche; Universität; Brain Drain; Abwanderung; Regionaler Faktor; Zuwanderung; Hochschulabsolvent; Krefeld; Mönchengladbach; Niederrhein; Nordrhein-Westfalen
Abstract	The influence of tertiary education on regional economic development is a prevalent object of research and studies (e.g. Anselin et al. 2000; Hamm et al. 2012; Back/Fürst 2012; OECD 2011; Schmoch 2011). Universities can be key institutions determining regional economic development. Especially the large number of highly-educated graduates is of eminent importance in terms of regional competitive advantages. If graduates remain in the surrounding region, they form and enrich a highly educated labour force and support knowledge transfer from the university to regional economy, networks, and enterprises (Audretsch et al. 2010, p. 105). In any region, gaining insights into the graduate migration patterns and motives is highly relevant for economic analysis and policy recommendations. This holds especially true for old industrial regions - as the Central Lower Rhine Area in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. These regions depend on knowledge transfer from universities to overcome problems associated with industrial structural changes, market turmoil, and demographic developments. This articles analyses the migration of graduates in the Central Lower Rhine Area by assessing the regional brain flow originating from the Niederrhine University of Applied Sciences, its only institution of higher education. Our results show that the regional brain drain resulting from graduate emigration cannot be compensated by extra-regional brain gain. A likely reason for this is a deficit of absorption capacity exhibited by regional economy: A large proportion of graduates migrate due to difficulties finding an adequate job, or are attracted by economically better performing regions. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/4