brain drain

brain drain

The loss of educated and skilled workers to other locations, often ones that provide better financial compensation or job opportunities. The state has some of the nation's best universities, but it suffers from brain drain as graduates often flee to find more lucrative job opportunities elsewhere.
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brain-drain

The loss of valuable thinkers and workers to a different organization or geographic area, typically due to the promise of something better, such as pay or opportunities. The stagnation in pay at the university has led to a serious brain-drain.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brain drain

The departure of educated or talented persons for better pay or jobs elsewhere, as in The repression of free speech in Germany triggered a brain drain to Britain and America. The term originated about 1960, when many British scientists and intellectuals emigrated to the United States for a better working climate.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

the ˈbrain drain

the loss of qualified scientists, doctors, engineers, etc. to another country, especially one where they are paid more for their work
See also: brain, drain
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • brain-drain
  • the brain drain
  • make good as
  • make good as (something)
  • better than
  • Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
  • Those who can, do; those who can't, teach
  • have green fingers
  • green fingers
  • muddle through
References in periodicals archive
The major consequences of Brain Drain are sharp decrease in the availability of health professionals and quality of health services in developing countries.
Brain Drain of Health Professionals and its economic consequences
As a result of Africa's emigration brain drain, the continent does not produce as many academic/scholarly research papers as other parts of the world.
The status of Africa's emigration brain drain in the 21st Century
This is because the Push-Pull theory remains a core theoretical approach widely used in a discourse on the brain drain and international labour migration in general.
The Brain Drain, Skilled Labour Migration and Its Impact on Africa's Development, 1990s-2000s
When dealing with brain drain issues, like the Republic of Serbia, Hungary, Croatia have been, it is very important to identify what the key propulsive factors that indicate certain ways of demographic changes are.
Brain drain: Propulsive factors and consequences
[H.sub.2]: There is significant relationship between Social Mobility and Brain Drain
Social Mobility, Brain Gain, and Brain Drain
The British Royal Society initiated the syntagm of"brain drain", by referring to the migration of scientists and technology experts in the 1950's and 1960's, from the Great Britain to the United States of America and Canada (Cervantes and Guellec, 2002 apud.
From "brain drain" to "brain gain". Where does Romania stand?
Therefore, in any development strategy, check on brain drain should be the key factor, as the country is getting short of professionals and development experts.
Youth - YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ABROAD: BRAIN DRAIN A KEY FACTOR TO COUNTER
Research studies were conducted to minimize the harmful effects of brain drain by suggesting certain measures or strategies such as taxation imposed by host Country on skilled emigrants and imposing restrictions to prevent their movement3.
PREVENTING AND REVERSING PAKISTAN'S MEDICAL BRAIN DRAIN THROUGH DIASPORA OPTION AND DIASPORA NETWORK
Although the term "brain drain" was originally defined as the emigration of skilled individuals from one particular geographical area to another, the definition has been expanded to include the movement of such labour to more favourable economic and professional environments.
Migration of surgeons ("brain drain"): the university of Cape Town experience
12 in collaboration with ArabNet to tackle the country's brain drain problem by offering a platform for local entrepreneurs and university students in the tech and digital sectors.
Hyundai challenge aims to reverse brain drain
Since the end of the World War II, Europe has been repeatedly afflicted by waves of brain drain, with varying degrees of intensity across time and countries.
Reversing the elite brain drain: a first step to address Europe's skills shortage
The aim of the present study is to investigate the leading factors behind the brain drain in Balochistan.
SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF BRAIN DRAIN PROGRAM IN BALOCHISTAN
More Iranians than any other nationality group getting science and engineering (S&E) doctorates in the United States plan to stay in the US and not go home, according to a new survey of such graduates, detailing the extent of the brain drain to the United States.
US survey finds Iran brain drain high, but so are others
SIR - The article in your November 17 issue entitled "Student brain drain to universities in England" should not surprise anyone.
Best brains go to English universities