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What is brain drain? It happens when more skilled-people migrate to other countries to search for better working experience and better life conditions Thanks to globalisation this phenomenon has grown a lot

Philippine nurses In 1946, thanks to the USA, Philippines become independent from Spain Women started to be educated and they started to migrate to the USA Nowadays Philippine nurses are an important part of the American society and are often required

Positive and negative aspects Higher wages An important training experience When they return to the Philippines, they bring with them an important knowledge Negative They are paid less, so American nurses do not find a job The Philippines use money to educate people who will work in another country

The Italian brain drain It is an increasing phenomenon About 30,000 people migrate from Italy every year

Pull factors Better reputation of foreign universities Better job opportunities More investments in education and research University degrees recognised in all Europe

Main destinations Often the destination depends on the opportunities they search for and the period that they want to spend abroad < 2 years : European countries 2 – 10 years : UK > 10 years : USA

Why foreign high-skilled people do not migrate to Italy? Only 3,000 people decide to migrate to Italy every year Italy does not invest a lot of money in research Bureaucracy is very complex The destination of funds is influenced by nepotism