The impact of highly skilled emigrants on the origin country's innovation performance: the case of Greece

IF 4.6 3区 管理学 Q1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
L. Labrianidis, Theodosis Sykas, E. Sachini, Nikolaos Karampekios
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PurposeThe study aims to investigate the impact of highly skilled emigration from Greece on the innovation performance of the Greek economy.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on a new, census-scale, database that includes all the Greek Ph.D. holders and on statistical information pooled from various secondary sources.FindingsThe mass emigration of highly educated Greek scientists that was exacerbated during the ten-year recession has had detrimental effects on Greece's innovation performance. Specifically, an increase in the number of highly skilled emigrants has a negative impact on scientific citations and on patent applications during the following year. An instrumental variable approach based on gravity model literature is employed to test the authors’ findings. The potential effects of these findings and policy suggestions are also discussed.Originality/valueThe study enriches the academic and policy discussion on the science and technology–related consequences of brain drain on the origin country. This is the first study that focuses on Greece – the country which experienced the highest emigration rates within the EU during the severe ten-year economic crisis – and sheds light on the impact of skilled emigration on its innovation performance.
高技能移民对原籍国创新绩效的影响——以希腊为例
目的研究希腊高技能移民对希腊经济创新绩效的影响。设计/方法/方法该研究利用了一个新的人口普查量表数据库,该数据库包括所有希腊博士学位持有者,并利用了来自各种二级来源的统计信息。发现在十年的经济衰退中,受过高等教育的希腊科学家的大规模移民现象加剧,对希腊的创新表现产生了不利影响。具体而言,高技能移民人数的增加对次年的科学引文和专利申请产生了负面影响。采用基于重力模型文献的工具变量方法来检验作者的发现。还讨论了这些发现和政策建议的潜在影响。原创性/价值该研究丰富了关于人才外流对原籍国的科学和技术相关后果的学术和政策讨论。这是第一项关注希腊的研究,该国在严重的十年经济危机中经历了欧盟最高的移民率,并揭示了技术移民对其创新绩效的影响。
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CiteScore
8.40
自引率
11.40%
发文量
80
期刊介绍: ■Employee welfare ■Human aspects during the introduction of technology ■Human resource recruitment, retention and development ■National and international aspects of HR planning ■Objectives of human resource planning and forecasting requirements ■The working environment
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