Inwestycje w kapitał ludzki w kontekście brain waste
Investments in human capital in the context of “brain waste”

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this study is displaying the most important connections between investments in human capital and the “brain waste” phenomenon. The first part briefly describes the methods of investment in human capital. Further, after a synthetic depiction of 26 P. Strawiński, Changes in return to higher education in Poland 1998-2004, 2007. Inwestycje w kapitał ludzki w kontekście brain waste 47 “brain waste” and “lose-lose-situation” phenomenon, the most important causes of “brain waste” will be presented with example activities focused on reducing the scale of this phenomenon. The following part, with a general “brain waste” in Europe as background, presents examples of investment in professional and intellectual development of students at universities of the partner cities in Poland and in Germany (Rzeszów and Bilefeld) and students’ attitudes with respect to a decision about labour emigration within the context of further professional development. A synthetic summary of conducted considerations concludes the study.

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