brain drains
Skilled worker flight
Brain drain is the emigration of educated or skilled people from a country or region, typically to places offering better opportunities or compensation.
The metaphor treats talent as a resource that flows away: The brain drain from rural hospitals has left many communities without doctors.
Sometimes pluralized when referring to multiple instances or ongoing waves of departure.
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- greener pasturesMore favorable circumstances elsewhere
- relocationsChanges of residence
- outflowsStreams moving away
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
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