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High-skilled Migrants and Regional Inequality in Brazil

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  • Ricardo Sabbadini
  • Carlos R. Azzoni

    (Departamento de Economia, Universidade de São Paulo)

  • Eduardo A. Haddad

    (Departamento de Economia, Universidade de São Paulo)

Abstract

The paper shows an overview of internal migrations in Brazil, with emphasis on migrants with Master and Ph. D degrees. Origin-destination matrices for high-skilled migrants are constructed for the 80s and 90s, allowing for the observation of an increase in the skill level of the migrants. Although migration flows are decreasing as a whole in the country, highskilled migration flows are increasing. Some aspects of this process are highlighted, such as the fast growth in the supply of graduate programs in poorer regions, and the changing importance of migration flows.

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  • Ricardo Sabbadini & Carlos R. Azzoni & Eduardo A. Haddad, 2005. "High-skilled Migrants and Regional Inequality in Brazil," TD NEREUS 6-2005, Núcleo de Economia Regional e Urbana da Universidade de São Paulo (NEREUS).
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:nereus:2005_006
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