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Abstract:
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The mobility of the highly skilled has been high on the policy agenda in many countries. Although shortages in information and communications technology professionals have abated, "brain drain" issues continue to attract considerable policy attention. There is considerable discussion concerning the issues mentioned here, but there seems to be a shortage of solid international statistics to support the work and debate. We have embarked a joint compilation project to collect available data on the stock of immigrants in selected countries, cross-classified by a number of relevant variables, including country of origin, educational attainment, and occupation. In this paper, we discuss how this work helps to advance the cause of international comparative statistics for use in the international debate on the migration of the highly skilled.
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