Do Brains really going down the Drain?
Excessive ‘brain drain’ or emigration of highly skilled individuals is considered as an important negative factor for the intellectual, academic, labor productivity of any given country. This general observation is also pertinent in the case of Turkey, which is a net exporter of skilled migrants, al...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Revue européenne des migrations internationales
2009
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Excessive ‘brain drain’ or emigration of highly skilled individuals is considered as an important negative factor for the intellectual, academic, labor productivity of any given country. This general observation is also pertinent in the case of Turkey, which is a net exporter of skilled migrants, although the latter point is overlooked in the debate about international migration flows involving Turkey. Based on on-site observation and analysis among different groups of highly skilled from Turkey in the United State as well as returnees and those in the country of origin who intend to go abroad in the near future, this paper aims to fill in the void in available literature concerning the dynamics of ‘brain drain’ from Turkey to the U.S., the key recipient of Turkish professionals, scientists, as well as graduate and post-graduate students, a significant number of which tend not to return. The premise of this paper is not that all export of skilled individuals is inherently negative. Instead, it argues in favor of a migration policy framework for the highly skilled that could produce balance between ‘brain drain’ and ‘brain gain’. |
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