The new Discussion Paper of the Harriet Taylor Mill Institute was written as a student contribution on "Gender Aspects of Brain Drain: The Case of Turkish Immigrants in Germany" by Gamze Arslan and Mehmet Oğuzhan Okumuş.

Growing rate of women in the highly skilled immigration necessitates a closer look on the motivationalGrowing rate of women in the highly skilled immigration necessitates a closer look on the motivationaldifferences of women in their migration decisions. This paper investigates the gender related aspectsof migration decisions of highly skilled Turkish immigrants in Germany with respect to three factors:economic participation and opportunities, social aspects including political empowerment, and healthsurvivaldomain, following the conceptualization of Global Gender Gap Report (2017).

The paper can be read online here.