1. BRAIN
DRAIN
BRAIN DRAIN

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

7. 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

9. 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