Highly-Skilled Migration: Between Settlement and Mobility IMISCOE Short Reader

• Main Author: Weinar, Agnieszka (auth)
• Other Authors: Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Subjects: Society & social sciences; Political economy; Political science & theory; Human geography; Social Sciences, general; Population Economics; Political Science; Human Geography; Sociology of Migration; Open access; Expatriates; Lifestyle migrants; Cosmopolitans; Eurostars; Elite migrants; Knowledge migrants; Low-skilled migrants; International student migration; Migration and integration; Migration and labour market; Settlement and mobility; Transatlantic migrations; Brain flows; Highly skilled migration; Labour market integration; Freedom of movement; Talent mobility; Society & Social Sciences; Sociology; Population & demography
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

This open access short reader discusses the emerging patterns of sedentary migration versus mobility of the highly-skilled thereby providing a comprehensive overview of the recent literature on highly-skilled migration. Highly-skilled migrations are arguably the only non-controversial migrant category in political and public discourse. The common perception is that highly-skilled migrants are high-earners with top educational skills and that they are easy to integrate. These perceptions make them a "wanted" migrant. There seems to be however a big divide between the popular perceptions of this migration and its realities uncovered in social research. This publication closes this divide by delving deeper in the variety of experiences, discourses and realities of highly skilled migrants, thereby uncovering the inherent divides between the highly skilled migrants from the North and the South. The reader shows that these divides are constructed realities, shaped by the state policies and underpinned by social imaginary. Written in an accessible language this reader is a perfect read for academics, students and policy makers and all those unfamiliar with the topic.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (108 p.)

ISBN

978-3-030-42204-2

Access

Open Access