Brain Drain
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The Failure of Greece's 'Brain Gain' Program: A Crisis of Academic Trust
Greece has failed in its attempt to lure leading scientists back to their homeland following the trauma of the economic crisis. This comes after about half a million people left the country during the economic crisis that broke out in Greece in 2008.
Tax Authority document reveals: jump in the number of wealthy people leaving Israel
A new study by the Tax Authority indicates a sharp change in the profile of Israelis moving abroad: the rate of departures from the top decile has risen by about 80%, and the number of those leaving the high-tech and healthcare sectors has more than doubled. The taxes paid by those leaving before their departure reached about 1.2 billion shekels per year. Simultaneously, the number of people...
"Academia is a national strategic asset. We are suffering from a lack of resources and public support"
"We are suffering from a brain drain on one hand, but also from boycotts by universities around the world," said Prof. Tamir Sheafer, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at the National Security Conference. According to Arie Zaban, President of Bar-Ilan University, the share of higher education in Israel's GDP has been systematically decreasing for over a decade.