Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-14-2020
Publication Title
Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 9
Publisher
The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
First page number:
1
Last page number:
8
Abstract
This Fact Sheet highlights the effects of major shifts in geographic mobility patterns of highly-educated citizens in the Mountain West (Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado). The phenomenon, dubbed “brain drain” by experts, is characterized by the out-migration of a group of highly-educated people. “Brain gain” describes the opposite: when a location attracts highly-educated people. Several states are keeping and welcoming more highly-educated adults, while other states are rapidly losing talent. This migration pattern has important implications for social, political, and economic issues facing the country.
Keywords
Brain drain; Economic policy; Economy; Migration; Mountain West; Las Vegas; Education
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Growth and Development | Higher Education | Human Geography
File Format
File Size
689 KB
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Smith, E.,
Saladino, C.,
Brown, W. E.
(2020).
Brain Drain in the Mountain West.
Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 9
1-8.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_econdev/11
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