Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination'
This paper discusses the position of international students in the research on skilled migration based on interview data from Helsinki, Finland. The literature tends to depict students as gainers of human capital, and their role as skilled workers has received less attention. However, the findings o...
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description | This paper discusses the position of international students in the research on skilled migration based on interview data from Helsinki, Finland. The literature tends to depict students as gainers of human capital, and their role as skilled workers has received less attention. However, the findings of this study challenge the conceptual separation of student and labour migration. Moreover, much of the literature on international student migration focuses on popular, English-speaking destination countries such as the United States. This paper enhances the understanding of student mobility in exploring the migration motives of international students in the case of a less common destination. |
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spelling | doaj.art-9939b1d0731d4e11957cb5e6f3dfc8a02022-12-21T19:18:46ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2013-09-013314515210.2478/njmr-2013-000497Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination'Elina Eskelä0University of HelsinkiThis paper discusses the position of international students in the research on skilled migration based on interview data from Helsinki, Finland. The literature tends to depict students as gainers of human capital, and their role as skilled workers has received less attention. However, the findings of this study challenge the conceptual separation of student and labour migration. Moreover, much of the literature on international student migration focuses on popular, English-speaking destination countries such as the United States. This paper enhances the understanding of student mobility in exploring the migration motives of international students in the case of a less common destination.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/101international studentsskilled migrationimmigrationhelsinkifinland |
spellingShingle | Elina Eskelä Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' Nordic Journal of Migration Research international students skilled migration immigration helsinki finland |
title | Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' |
title_full | Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' |
title_fullStr | Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' |
title_full_unstemmed | Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' |
title_short | Migration Decisions of Skilled Migrants: 'International degree students in an offbeat destination' |
title_sort | migration decisions of skilled migrants international degree students in an offbeat destination |
topic | international students skilled migration immigration helsinki finland |
url | https://journal-njmr.org/articles/101 |
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