Publication Professionals from abroad - stay rates of international students and people with a Blue Card

Demographic change and the increasing skilled labour shortage have an impact on Germany’s economic development. For that reason, international students and university-educated professionals from non-EU countries are a focus of German migration and labour market policy. This article presents a methodology for calculating stay rates of international students and professionals with a Blue Card, based on data from the Central Register of Foreigners. The methodology enables analyses which show, for example, the numbers of international students who continue to live in Germany after five and ten years. A period of five years is examined in the case of professionals with a Blue Card.

Authors: Sarah Weißmann, Jan Eberle

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 4/2023