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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Dynamics > Human Migration > Emigration and Immigration > Brain Drain
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Brain Drain  

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Entry terms

  • Capital Flight, Human
  • Human Capital Flight
  • Human Capital Flights

Scope note

  • A phenomenon of concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. include those with sought after technical, professional and other skills. Economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration. (From https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3878?show=full).

History note

  • Emigration and Immigration (1987-2024)

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