Academic Brain Drain: The Case of North Macedonia
Academic Brain Drain: The Case of North Macedonia

Author(s): Merita Zulfiu Alili, Memet Memeti, Blerta Ahmedi-Arifi
Subject(s): Labor relations, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Rule of law, migration; academic staff;
Summary/Abstract: Skilled labour is an important asset for any country in the development process and the emigration of skilled individuals presents a threat of a ‘brain drain’ which can affect growth, development and the quality of education. Brain drain in this research represents the loss of academic staff and researchers from a source country to a recipient country. Using survey data this study investigates the factors affecting academic staff’s decision on migration. It critically examines brain drain in higher education institutions in North Macedonia and its implications. Most of the academic staff intends to migrate to more developed countries mainly because of low standards of living and wages, because they think that there is no future in this country, lack of promotion possibilities based on merit and political influence in universities. Based on the findings this paper proposes policy recommendations for institutions to explore strategies on how to best use the skills of academic and research staff for improving socioeconomic benefits, and most importantly commitment to implementing these strategies

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