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The IUP Journal of International Relations :
Migration Gain: When Migration Means Innovation
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The role played by skilled migrants in strengthening the competitiveness in the destination economy is relevant in the European debate. This paper analyzes the special link between migration and innovation by exploring the role of skilled migrants in the innovation process. More deeply, it introduces several results provided by the literature which help to describe and understand this phenomenon. Thus, the paper defines the existence of ‘migration gain’ for the innovation process of the destination countries and introduces the ‘Brain Competition’.

 
 
 

In this paper, we analyze the special link between migration and innovation. More deeply, we focus on the special role of skilled migrants in the innovation process. Recently, several researchers have analyzed this phenomenon.1

The role played by skilled migrants in strengthening the competitiveness is relevant in the European debate on the positive or negative contribution of migrants to the destination economy.

 
 
 

International Relations Journal, Brain Drain, Brain Gain, Migration Gain, Migration, Human Capital (HC), Innovation Human Capital Innovation, Brain Competition.