The IAB brain-drain data
dataset

The IAB data collection on international migration has been carried out within the framework of the TEMPO project (TEmporary Migration; integration and the role of POlicies); a European project financed by NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe); a partnership of 15 research councils established to increase cooperation in research and research policy in Europe. The project has the goal of extend the knowledge of the causes and consequences of international migration with particular focus on themes like temporary migration; migrants’ integration; and migration policies.

The IAB has been in charge of building a macro-dataset on international migration to 20 OECD destination countries by gender; country of origin and educational level; for the years 1980-2010 (5 years intervals). The above data collection has been carried out in cooperation with Abdeslam Marfouk (ULB; Brussels).

The figures provided in the dataset are aggregates computed from Census data of 20 OECD destination countries: Australia; Austria; Canada; Chile; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; and United States.

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  • 1demo

    Demography

    Fertility, mortality and migration have strong, long-lasting impacts on every society. Demography is also entrenched with many characteristics affecting societal and individual...

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  • 4lm

    Legal migration and integration

    Legal migration covers international mobility towards the EU, such as labour migration, family reunification, student migration, as well as the conditions under which regular stay is...

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  • 7mgov

    International migration governance

    International migration governance refers to the complex framework of laws, regulations, partnerships, that national, subnational and international institutions adopt to manage and shape...

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Additional Info

Dataset ID IABBD
Data Frequency 5-years
Temporal Coverage Start 1980
Temporal Coverage End 2010
Spatial Coverage OECD
Mode Database
Data Type statistical
Accessed On 2017-01-31
Category international organization

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