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T1 - Research Bulletin 24/5 ǀ The Northern Ireland Brain Drain
AU - Doran, Aine
AU - Devlin, Anne
AU - O'Reilly , Maureen
PY - 2024/12/18
Y1 - 2024/12/18
N2 - The ‘brain drain’ from Northern Ireland (NI), whereby students leave to study elsewhere, mainly Great Britain (GB), is often cited as a significant problem for the local economy, as young people leave, taking their growing human capital with them. By brain drain we mean those who leave to study elsewhere, in its simplest terms. This is particularly concerning as they may not come back, and it may mean a reduction in the NI skills stock. It is often suggested that NI has a worse ‘brain drain’ than elsewhere in the United Kingdom (UK). However closer inspection of the data would suggest otherwise, and it is not as much about the share who leave, but rather, the starkly lower number of students who come here to study. This is discussed in more detail below.
AB - The ‘brain drain’ from Northern Ireland (NI), whereby students leave to study elsewhere, mainly Great Britain (GB), is often cited as a significant problem for the local economy, as young people leave, taking their growing human capital with them. By brain drain we mean those who leave to study elsewhere, in its simplest terms. This is particularly concerning as they may not come back, and it may mean a reduction in the NI skills stock. It is often suggested that NI has a worse ‘brain drain’ than elsewhere in the United Kingdom (UK). However closer inspection of the data would suggest otherwise, and it is not as much about the share who leave, but rather, the starkly lower number of students who come here to study. This is discussed in more detail below.
UR - https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/publications/research-bulletins-2024
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