CDM Seminar: Gendered Brain Drain? Women's Rights and the Mobility of Global Talent

Speaker: By Junghyun Lim<br> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Organiser: Prof. Michaël Aklin <strong>Abstract</strong>:<br> The rapidly growing knowledge economy has intensified the global competition for talent. Women constitute a growing share of both the skilled workforce and migrants seeking education and training. Despite this trend, we know relatively little about gender differences in the return migration patterns of highly skilled migrants. To what extent do gender gaps exist in the international mobility of highly skilled workers, and what may predict differences in migration patterns by gender?  We focus on the women's political rights in the origin countries. Limited polit