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Data is nice, but this makes sense. There's objectively not much in Cumberland, Goldsboro, Valdosta... meanwhile, large metro areas that aren't too far are attr
by niftich 10y ago
Data is nice, but this makes sense. There's objectively not much in Cumberland, Goldsboro, Valdosta... meanwhile, large metro areas that aren't too far are attracting educated workers.
Their definition seems a bit strange, however. I understand "brain drain" as a different phenomenon from the lack of a highly-educated workforce, and their study does not account for movement of people, which analyses of brain drain typically do. This just seems like certain metros are lacking highly educated workers, which should be expected as particular employers decline or relocate.
- zaphods-towel 10y agoI agree, this isn't really a measure of "brain drain." Brain drain is when educated people leave an area (usually a country) en masse. For example, one of my professors is from Sri Lanka, and she used her graduating class as an example of brain drain— more than half of them left Sri Lanka upon receiving their undergraduate degree.
- jwatte 10y agoWhen that happens, ratio of educated workforce goes down. If we assume initial conditions for education are approximately equal, then outcome ratios do measure (the result of) brain drain.