Graduate migration and regional development : an international perspective This book aims to integrate and augment current state of the art knowledge on graduate migration and its role in local economic development. Offering an international perspective it is the first focused book of its kind on graduate migration a recognised and critical component of the global pool of labour. Written by the key scholars working in the field it draws together an international series of case studies. Each chapter describes empirically founded approaches to examining the role and characteristics of graduate migration in differing situational contexts highlighting issues concerning government policy data and methods. Crucially it assesses the role highly educated individuals play in regional economic development and the determinants of graduate mobility revealing the characteristics that attract and retain graduates. This unique book is an essential volume for scholars and researchers of geography regional studies labour and migration seeking an in depth international understanding of human capital attraction and retention Contents: 1. Graduate migration and regional development : an international perspective Jonathan Corcoran and Alessandra Faggian 2. The role of migration on education job mismatch : evidence from overseas graduates in Australia Angelina Zhi Rou Tang Jonathan Corcoran and Francisco Rowe 3. Graduate migration in Canada K. Bruce Newbold 4. Graduate overeducation and spatial mobility in Italy Simona Iammarino and Elisabetta Marinelli 5. Constrained choice graduate early career job to job mobility in core and non core regions in the Netherlands. Viktor A. Venhorst 6. Working while studying : does it lead to greater attachment to the regional labour market Mika Haapanen and Hannu Karhunen 7. Graduates and migration in France : between urban labour market attraction and interest in amenities Cécile Détang Dessendre and Virginie Piguet 8. Graduate migration in Spain : the impact of the great recession on a low mobility country Raul Ramos and Vicente Royuela 9. Migration of graduates in Mexico Norman Maldonado 10. Human capital migration and salaries : an examination of US college graduates Alessandra Faggian Jonathan Corcoran and Rachel S. Franklin 11. Graduates migration in the UK : an exploration of gender dynamics and employment patterns Roberta Comunian Sarah Jewell and Alessandra Faggian Index.