Financial Crisis and Brain Drain: An Investigation of the Emigration Intentions of Greek Scientists

Economic and Financial Challenges for Eastern Europe - Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-12169-3_1 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

George Theodossiou ◽

Ioannis Rigas ◽

Eleni Thanou ◽

Apostolos Goulas

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Brain Drain

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Should I stay, or should I go? Migration attitudes after the financial crisis (2014–19) among students from Halabja (KRI)

Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World ◽

10.1386/jciaw_00030_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 201-222

Author(s):

Silvia-Lucretia Nicola ◽

Shahen Mohammed Faraj

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Brain Drain ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Young Population ◽

Post Secondary Education ◽

Social Unrest ◽

Post Secondary ◽

Job Opportunities ◽

First Results ◽

The University

Students from the University of Halabja were asked in a survey conducted in April 2019 about their attitudes towards emigration in the wake of a prolonged financial crisis burdening the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) since 2014. While these students are not yet migrants, researching the reasons for their envisaged migration helps to better understand the challenges they face. Despite a continuous development of its post-secondary education sector, the KRI still struggles with low absorption rates of graduates. At the same time, the KRI exhibits a growing youth bulge, as well as high unemployment levels among its young population. These unfavourable conditions might cause a brain drain, pushing the educated youth to leave the country in search of better financial means, as well as waves of social unrest as seen throughout Iraq and the wider Middle East. First results show that more than half of the surveyed students have considered emigrating. Local job opportunities would, however, diminish their percentage.

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