How the level of economic growth and the constituent elements of innovation attract international talent?

Abstract

The international flow of highly skilled workers has a large effect on any country. Simultaneously, innovation and its constituent elements allow increasing growth in a sustainable way. This paper analyses the impact of the most important constituent elements of innovation found in literature on immigration of highly skilled workers. In order to do that, we performed a cluster analysis of 182 countries (OECD and non-OECD members), which are net exporters of highly skilled immigrants, and 25 receiving countries members of the OECD.