Migration Imbalance for New EU Countries Leads to Research 'Brain Drain' (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Migration Imbalance for New EU Countries Leads to Research 'Brain Drain' (3 of 3)

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The number of people who immigrated into existing European Union countries from 2009-2012. The redistribution of mobile academics led to a "brain drain" in newer EU member countries. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 12, 2017 issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by O.A.D. Arrieta at Institutions Markets Technologies Lucca School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy, and colleagues was titled, "Quantifying the negative impact of brain drain on the integration of European science."

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[Credit: Arrieta <i>et al.</i> / Carla Schaffer / AAAS]

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