Kerr, Sari PekkalaKerr, WilliamÖzden, ÇağlarParsons, Christopher2017-04-042017-04-04Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden, and Christopher Parsons. "High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration." Annual Review of Economics (forthcoming).1941-1383http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:32062563This paper reviews recent research regarding high-skilled migration. We adopt a data-driven perspective, bringing together and describing several ongoing research streams that range from the construction of global migration databases, to the legal codification of national policies regarding high-skilled migration, to the analysis of patent data regarding cross-border inventor movements. A common theme throughout this research is the importance of agglomeration economies for explaining high-skilled migration. We highlight some key recent findings and outline major gaps that we hope will be tackled in the near future.en-USdiasporasindustry clusterstalent and talent managementimmigrationJournal Article2017-04-0410.1146/annurev-economics-063016-103705