https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:51:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/investing-in-leaving-the-greek-case-of-international-migration-of-professionals/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:27 +0000 http://arc.local/items/investing-in-leaving-the-greek-case-of-international-migration-of-professionals/ Continued]]> In the last twenty years, the ‘international migration of professionals’ from Greece has increased. This paper is based on an extensive survey of Greek professionals who work or have worked in another country. It is the first ever research on the topic in Greece and the first one in the international literature to include participants who are currently abroad or have repatriated. The aim of the paper is threefold. First, it presents the main characteristics of this phenomenon. Second, to explain why Greece, alongside other peripheral countries, suffers from migration of its professionals: in contrast to a dominant view insisting on an allegedly abundant supply of highly skilled labour, it is argued that the phenomenon is primarily due to their low demand in the Greek labour market. Third, to argue that such migration can have positive implications for a country, not only when these people return but also when they stay abroad.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/the-mutually-reinforcing-relation-between-international-migration-of-highly-educated-labour-force-and-economic-crisis-the-case-of-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:19 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-mutually-reinforcing-relation-between-international-migration-of-highly-educated-labour-force-and-economic-crisis-the-case-of-greece/ Continued]]> Although several studies aim at analysing the causes and impacts of the current economic crisis, especially involving the case of Greece, the role that highly educated population holds has not received wider attention. Based on an examination of both secondary data on the Greek economy/labour market and primary data collected by a survey that included 1821 graduates, this paper shows that underutilization of highly educated population harmed the competitiveness of the Greek economy, a factor which has significantly contributed to the creation of the current debt crisis and fostered the migration of graduates.

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