Highly Skilled Migration. A Romanian Perspective: 2000 - 2009

• Author: Maria-Cristina Dinescu
• Pages: 679-684

H

ighly Skilled Mig

Academy of Economic Studi

Abstract:

Highly s killed migrat

proofs that the qu ality of human

though brain drain phenomenon

insufficient quantitative informa

as to allow a comparative analy

fashionable subject, but a probl

country’s long term developm

international highly skilled migr

source and destination country. W

are the countries with a higher im

Keywords:

highly skilled migrat

1 Introduction

A central role in migration decisio

there is a direct correlation bet

partially because people are mor

market, thereby reducing the cos

these individuals are more nume

with more thorough training. Kn

categories that also show greater

It was relatively obvious during

from hig

hly skilled immigrants.

introduced incentive schemes of

Europeans to the USA and Can

countries to have paid particular a

visa system depending on the deg

developed countries in Euro

pe t

policies. Even though many cou

impact migration has on their

ph

enomenon, there is still a conc

comparative analysis in terms of r

Globalization an

igration. A Romanian Perspective: 20

Maria-Cristina Dinescu

udies,

Faculty of International Business and Econom

Romania, cridinescu@yahoo.com

ration is a subject of strong debates in current times, when

an factor is crucial in achieving technical and economic de

non and its impact on the ec

onomic environment are inten

mation regarding highly skilled migration is available at inter

alysis of the real state of facts. Migration in and from Roma

oblem that the nation has to face and that will have a stron

ment. The purpose of this paper is to locate Romania’s

igration, as

well as to understand the structure of migration ha

y. We have thus calculated an attractiveness in dex that helps i

impact on the highly skilled migration flows in

relation with Ro

ration

; brain drain; human capital

ision is the level of education of the individual. Exp

etween the education level and the likelihood o

ore prepared to ident

ify more effectively the alte

osts of migration. It is also generally accepted tha

merous and varied. Economic incentives are also h

Knowledge about language barriers are easier to

er flexibility.

ng the last decades that destination countries regis

ts. Thus, beyond the removal of legislative barrier

of this phenomenon. This led to a steady strea

anada after the Second World War. USA and C

ar attention to immigration policies; they structured

degree of specialization. Awareness of this problem

e to

counter weight the phenomenon, by applyin

ountries have been continuously trying to underst

eir economies and elaborated complex tools of

oncerning lack of quantitative information that allo

of real highly skilled migration flows.

and Cultural Diversity

679

2000

- 2009

omics

, Bucharest,

en there are evident

develop ment. Even

tensively discussed,

ternational level, so

mania is n

ot only a

trong impact on the

a’s position in the

having Romania as

ps identifying which

h Romania.

xperts have shown that

of migration. This is

lternatives in the labor

that the alternatives for

higher for individuals

to overcome for these

gistered a clear benefit

iers they have actually

ream of highly skilled

C

anada were the first

ed a well

-differentiated

em has led a number of

ying similar migration

rstand and analyze the

of dealing with this

allows for international