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Modernization for Emigration

The Medical Brain Drain from Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alejandro Portes  and
Adreain A. Ross
Alejandro Portes
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706
Adreain A. Ross
Affiliation:
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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The problem of the brain drain—movement of highly skilled personnel across national borders—has been an object of increasing concern during the last two decades. International agencies, especially those linked with the United Nations, have seized the subject as one of the clearest manifestations of international imbalances in favor of the developed’ countries (United Nations, 1971; Kidd, 1967).

It is clear, despite variations across countries, that loss of professionals represents a significant cost for many nations, especially less developed ones. Recent data from three widely different countries may be used to illustrate such costs: from 1955 to 1968 Colombia lost 20,506 professionals to the United States; at an estimated cost of U.S. $8,000 for the training of each individual, Colombia made a contribution to the “development” of the United States of $164,048,000 during the period.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 1976 , pp. 395 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1976

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