Highly skilled migration is a hotly debated topic that involves controversy about its determinants. The academic literature till date have focused on economic migrants, neglecting the migration of...Show moreHighly skilled migration is a hotly debated topic that involves controversy about its determinants. The academic literature till date have focused on economic migrants, neglecting the migration of highly skilled students. This research investigates the flow of skilled student and economic migrants into the European Economic Area. It aims to uncover the likely effect subsidized tertiary education has on attracting or deterring student and economic migration. Using Panel Data of Eurostat and OECD as well as employing variety of econometric techniques, such as OLS, fixed effects, interaction effect and instrumental variable, the research aims to test its main hypothesis: higher public spending on tertiary education is likely to attract highly skilled migrants. Interaction effect seems to support this proposition.Show less
