Brain drain in Latvia and other OECD countries

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Oecd Countries

scholarly journals Conflict-Induced Displacement of Skilled Refugees: A Cross-Case Analysis of Syrian Professionals in Selected OECD Countries

Norteamérica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camelia Tigau
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Cross Case Analysis ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Mainstream Literature

The mainstream literature on skilled diasporas has focused on economically-induced professional migration and free-choice mobility of educational elites. I introduce the concept of conflict-induced displacement of skilled refugees (CIDSR) to study the skilled Syrian refugees as political migrants who flee from violence and conflict in their home countries. I use a cross-case analysis of seven OECD countries (Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.) to prove that the Syrian CIDSR is a crisis but also an economic and political opportunity. OECD countries take advantage of the skilled refugees in order to maintain growth in their aging economies, solve brain drain caused by internal conflict, as well as to strengthen their status as moral powers.

Two new datasets on south-north migration by occupational category

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 834-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Neubecker
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Occupational Category ◽  
Corporate Managers

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to break down south-north migration along both the skill and the occupational dimension and thus to distinguish and compare several types of south-north migration and brain drain. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents south-north migration rates by occupational category at two distinct levels of disaggregation according to International Standard Classification of Occupations 1988 (ISCO-88). The data sets combine information about the labor market outcomes of immigrants in Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries around the year 2000 provided by the Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries by the OECD with employment data for the developing migrant-sending countries from the International Labour Organization. Findings – The incidence of south-north migration was highest among Professionals, one of the two occupational categories generally requiring tertiary education, and among clerks and legislators, senior officials and managers. At the more disaggregated level, physical, mathematical and engineering science (associate) professionals, life science and health (associate) professionals, as well as other (associate) professionals exhibited significantly larger brain drain rates than teaching (associate) professionals. The data also suggest non-negligible occupation-education mismatches due to the imperfect transferability of skills acquired through formal education because south-north migrants with a university degree worked more often in occupational categories requiring less than tertiary education compared to OECD natives. The employment shares of most types of professionals and technicians and associate professionals, as well as of clerks and corporate managers were significantly smaller in the migrant-sending countries compared to the receiving countries. Originality/value – The constructed data sets constitute the first comprehensive data sets on south-north migration by ISCO-88 major and sub-major occupational category for cross-sections of, respectively, 91 and 17 developing countries of emigration.

US political crackdown spurs fears of Chinese brain-drain

Nature ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 585 (7825) ◽  
pp. 335-336
Author(s):  
Andrew Silver
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain

Eliciting salient beliefs of engineers in Malaysia on migrating abroad

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Balu Ramoo ◽  
Chong Yee Lee ◽  
Cheng Ming Yu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Behavioural Intervention ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
Salient Beliefs ◽  
Tpb Model ◽  
And Control

Despite various government efforts incorporating economic, social and political considerations in curbing emigration problem, brain drain remains an issue in Malaysia. This paper examines the determinants of migration from behavioural perspectives. Using Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model, the engineers’ salient beliefs on migrating abroad were elicited using qualitative analysis. A number of new behavioural, normative and control beliefs were identified. The elicitation of the engineers’ salient beliefs is essential in developing appropriate behavioural intervention programmes to reduce their intention to migrate abroad. The methodology developed in this study can also assist future researchers to identify the salient beliefs of people who have high intention to migrate abroad.

Evidence-based regulation of labour migration in OECD countries: setting quotas, selection criteria, and shortage lists

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Chaloff
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
Market Data ◽  
Almost All

The growing complexity of selection criteria for discretionary labour migration in OECD countries has been accompanied by an expanded demand for labour market analysis and consultation with stakeholders. While some features of general or detailed criteria may be fixed in legislation, numerical quotas or targets, shortage lists, and multiple-criteria points-based systems are generally subject to periodic review and revision based on labour market data and consultation with stakeholders. Official government bodies have maintained co-ordination of this process, with varying degrees of externalization. In most countries expertise is internal, with recourse to external mandated bodies rare. In almost all cases, however, the process is designed to promote consensus around the policy while maintaining political control.

Immigration and the tech industry: As a labour shortage remedy, for innovation, or for cost savings?

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Matloff
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
It Service ◽  
Labour Shortage ◽  
Labour Costs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S

The two main reasons cited by the U.S. tech industry for hiring foreign workers--remedying labour shortages and hiring "the best and the brightest"--are investigated, using data on wages, patents, and R&D work, as well as previous research and industry statements. The analysis shows that the claims of shortage and outstanding talent are not supported by the data, even after excluding the Indian IT service firms. Instead, it is shown that the primary goals of employers in hiring  foreign workers are to reduce labour costs and to obtain "indentured" employees. Current immigration policy is causing an ‘Internal Brain Drain’ in STEM.

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