Anke Matuschewski

Stabilising regional development through re-migration? A theoretical concept and an em-pirical case study in East Germany.

S. 81-95


Migration is an important channel for the transfer of humancapital. A growing emphasis has been placed on re-migration as a possibility of re-gaining humancapital. The paper aims to critically review theoretical approaches to re-migration and introduces a multi level research concept. This concept has been implemented in an exploratory case study on the effects of re-migration in East Germany. The paper presents selected results with respect to humancapital transfer and gives an outlook on the possibilities to apply the concept on a quantitative level.

Keywords:Re-migration,humancapital,regionaldevelopment,East-Germany

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