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The six Western Balkan countries (hereafter ‘the WB6’) are quite well-researched in terms of
migration, human capital and labour market issues. However, most studies have focused on one of
these three individual topics rather than addressing them together, thus missing the skills-related
interactions between these various fields. Aiming to understand the impact of migration on the skills
pool and skill utilisation in the WB6, and the implications it may have for their future economic
development, the ETF’s project ‘Migration and human capital in the Western Balkans’ brought together
the three areas under an integrated analytical framework. This report is the last of a series of country
studies (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo1, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) and
technical papers undertaken within the project during 2020–21. It is a regional assessment of the
triangular relationships amongst migration, labour market dynamics and human capital development
over the past decade, with cross-country comparisons.
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