National and international graduate migration flows in the UK

Wright, Robert and Mosca, Irene (2010) National and international graduate migration flows in the UK. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

This paper examines the nature of national and international graduate migration flows in the UK. Migration equations are estimated with microdata from a matched dataset of Students and Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education, information collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency. The probability of migrating is related to a set of observable characteristics using multinomial logit regression. The analysis suggests that migration is a selective process with graduates with certain characteristics having considerably higher probabilities of migrating, both to other regions of the UK and abroad.