Brain Drain from EU to US

This column surveys evidence describing the brain drain from Europe to the US. Europeans living in the US are exceptional – they are more educated, earn higher wages, are more likely to be employed, and more entrepreneurial than their American or European counterparts. Europe's growth prospects may be dramatically reduced by its best and brightest living in the US.

Another good argument in favor immigration reform in America in this article by Gilles Saint‑Paul at VOX.  Read the whole thing here.

Comments

[TGGP]

Are American expatriates in Europe similarly more educated? It might be a feature of expatriates in general. And is there more immigration from the U.S into Europe or vice versa?

[beaurichly]

If you want to see a line up of European innovators, look at the schedule for Stanford's new European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders program (http://www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com/)

[Charles Johnson]

I'm from the Boston-area and so we have an influx of professors who come to teach at our many, many colleges. Many of these professors come from Europe. It seems to me as if the computer scientists increasingly come from Eastern Europe and Russia.

But current immigration policy mandates that they go back to their country of origin before filing certain paper work. Oftentimes this adds an additional 2k or more just to come over and teach our finest students.