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Housing
Housing
Half of Luxembourg's new foreign workers leave within five years — and housing is the main reason
Luxembourg attracts highly qualified international workers but loses half of them within five years, with housing costs cited by 66% of newcomers as the top reason to leave, according to the LUXTALENT study. The government is responding with record affordable-housing investment, though most effects lie years away.
By Sophie Klein2 days ago
Economy
Labour market
Eight in ten of Luxembourg's new workers are graduates, study finds
The LUXTALENT study by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research finds that roughly eight in ten of the foreign workers arriving on Luxembourg's labour market hold a university degree, and nearly nine in ten new entrants in 2024 were born abroad. The findings quantify how the Grand Duchy's prosperity rests on importing skilled labour from across the EU and beyond — even as half of newcomers leave within five years, with housing costs the main reason.
By Jonas Thill16 June 2026