La mobilità delle alte qualifiche in Europa Canada e USA

After a brief analysis of the European situation of human resources for science and technology, the paper focuses on qualified migrations towards the two principal poles of attraction: United States and Canada. Both Countries present a strong tradition as destinations of immigration from Europe but in the last 30-40 years the quantity of migrants’ flows from European Union countries has reduced, while the quality of such migrants, in terms of educational qualifications, has increased. The paper analyses the situation of Italian high qualified immigration in the two Countries as compared to the total immigration from European Union. Both temporary and permanent migration flows are considered as well as, whenever possible, occupation typologies. This analysis can contribute to the evaluation of the European role (and the role of Italy in particular) to the development of high qualified personnel and therefore to the overall innovation performance of the receiving countries