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brain drain
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a brain drain
the movement of people with education and skills from their own country to another country where they are paid more for their work. There is a brain drain of British mathematicians to the United States.
See also: brain, drain


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A brief but succinct literature review in chapter one laid some comparative parameters, with studies on the brain-drain experience of Taiwan and Korea providing a suggestive frame of reference.
Organized by students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the conferences will address issues ranging from reversing the African brain-drain and the resurgence of the Japanese economy to transatlantic business opportunities for European businesses and India's role in global commerce.
 
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