Addressing brain drain : the local and regional dimension

The free movement of workers, one of the fundamental rights enjoyed by European citizens, has facilitated intra-EU labour mobility. However, in some regions ('sending regions') this freedom has led to a significant out-migration of their highly educated workforce to the advantage of other regions ('receiving regions'). This is determined by the growing competition for talent and the limited capacity of sending regions to create attractive conditions for these workers. Local and regional authorities (LRAs) in sending regions have to cope directly with the socio-economic effects caused by the significant loss of talent or brain drain. Addressing these effects may require the formulation of appropriate policies and/or measures to retain, attract, or regain a highly educated workforce.

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Year of publication:	[2018]
Other Persons:	Cavallini, Simona (contributor) ; Soldi, Rossella (contributor) ; Di Matteo, Lorenzo (contributor) ; Utma, Mihaela Alina (contributor) ; Errico, Beatrice (contributor)
Institutions:	European Committee of the Regions / Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (issuing body) ; Fondazione FORMIT (issuing body) ; Progress Consulting S.r.l (issuing body) ; Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (issuing body)
Publisher:	[Brussels] : CoR
Subject:	Brain Drain \| Brain drain \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Freizügigkeit \| Freedom of movement \| Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy \| Soziale Folgen \| Social impact