Throughout the world, a 'brain drain' epidemic is predominant and is largely occurring in just about all countries and even the mighty country of China. If a country as rich and powerful as China can feel the wrath of this monstrosity known today as 'brain drain'; then there is no exception for third world countries such as the Bahamas. In the Bahamas, many parents are making the dire decision to persuade their child/ children, who have already, went abroad and completed their schooling, to remain aboard in order to get a good job in their field of study. This migration of skilled workers from poor countries to rich countries is popularly known as ‘Brain Drain’; and is diversely affecting the Bahamas economy today.
Throughout history many countries experienced a ‘brain drain’ within their economy, but it was not as predominant as it is today, because it was done on a smaller scale. Many people had to leave their families and homes to venture off to other countries in search of a better job. Chiswick claims that migrants are positively self-selected: the more highly skilled are more likely to move because they obtain a higher return on their human capital investment in mobility. This has negative effects for countries or origin, by causing a ‘brain drain’ (Chiswick, 23). Yes, this is witnessed when many Bahamians decide not to return home but stays abroad because they were able to find better jobs with higher pay and life abroad is better than in their country. The Bahamas is known worldwide as a third world country. Prior to the Independence, many of the Caribbean countries, were under and apart of the British ruler ship and where denoted as colonies of Britain. This British power used many of their assets to help fund of their c...
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Between January 2008 and February 2010, employment fell by 8.8 million, the largest decline in American history. The 2008 Recession, which officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, began with the bursting of an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble. Job losses during the recession meant that family incomes dropped, poverty rose, and people all over the country were suffering. Things like this don’t just happen. Policy changes incorporated with the economy are often a major factor. In this case, all roads lead to one major problem: Deregulation. Deregulation originating from the Carter and Regan Administrations, combined with a decrease in consumer spending, and the subprime mortgage bubble all led up to the major recession of 2008.
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The main thrust of this article is that underlying causes of the Great Recession, were not solved. The corruption that led to the excesses still remain, the Republican congress has stifled the recovery process with horrible austerity measures that hurt economic growth. Unemployment has dropped to normal levels, but it took the full eight years of the Obama administration to do so and worse, yet the halfhearted reform measures mean that companies are still engaging in the same practices
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Having been schooled, socialized and naturalized in foreign cultures and ways of living, a fraction of the almost three thousand individuals expelled annually by those countries they called home arrive in Jamaica displaced and with vulnerabilities.
Economic factors are of particular importance to population migration, and economic imbalances between countries and regions constitute the main causes of population migration. For example, the development of the American continent was carried out at the same time as the influx of immigrants from Europe and
From the 1970s to the present time, Fiji remained a labor emigrant country in Pacific and this can be attributed to the influences of globalizing processes In addition to the continuing permanent Indo-Fijian emigration from the country, Fiji has been witnessing new trends in temporary labor migration whereby mostly the indigenous Fijians, including peacekeeping forces, security personnel, nurses, sportspeople and students move out of the country on temporary basis (Mohanty, 2006). Most of the indigenous Fijian migrants are moving to non-traditional areas such as the Middle East. For example, ‘more than 1,000 former Fiji military and police officers are employed in Iraq’ (Fiji Times 2005). Under the influence of globalizing processes, geographic proximity is no longer the primary driver of Fiji’s current temporary labor migration. The number of students moving to overseas on scholarship programs is also on an increase. According to Lal (2003) this is another type of mobility that leads to increased temporary migration from Fiji.
“It’s Better In The Bahamas”. This slogan advertises throughout the world to attract tourist. Is it really better in the Bahamas? Many articles on television and in the news paper address the issues in the Bahamian society. While many pay no attention to this dilemma, many Bahamians live in constants fear. Miss Bijoux a single parent lost her job two months ago. One night she lay down on her bed thinking of all the possibilities of obtaining a job. Deep in thought how is she going to care for her children, and how is she going to help her twelve year old pregnant daughter? Lost to the world her phone rings, hello she said the caller answer hi, is this Bijoux residence? I am calling from PMH (Princess Margaret Hospital). Mrs. Bijoux drop the phone and runs to her children’s rooms. When she reaches to her son’s room he was not there, she kneel down on the floor and recites a prayer “Lord please let my son be okay”. Immediately, she calls her family to pick her up and drive her to the Hospital. When she arrives at the hospital she saw her lifeless son on the ventilator in pulmonary distress with blood stains over his clothes. Without shedding a tear, she waited patiently for good news. Unfortunately, her son expires three hours later. Mrs. Bijoux is a victim of a drive by shooting in Nassau Village. While the Bahamas is battling against the economic crisis, the three major issues in the Bahamian society are crimes, unemployment and sexual abuse.
“When many educated or professional people leave a particular place or even a profession and move to a different one that gives them better pay, more benefits, and better living conditions is known as the brain drain” (Brain Drain, n.d., pg 1). The brain drain is becoming a huge problem in rural areas all across the nation, with so many people making the individual decision to leave the rural area, because they are doing what they think is best for themselves. Many will wonder, is it in there best interest or how will it effect the community. But really it is not up to us, whether or not we think they should stay and help build the community up or leave and go into the cities where they will make more money and have a better lifestyle. It is
Unfortunately, there are many Americans out of work in today’s current declining economy. Unemployment can be defined as a person who is out of work involuntary, not by choice. These people are looking jobs and available to start work. Being unemployed can be disheartening and deciding what the next step is can be challenging. Underemployed can be described as being inadequately employed, such as a low-paying job that requires fewer skills than one possess. (Daly, Hobijn, and Kwok 2015) Making ends meet can be difficult for one who has been affected by this economy over the past few years. America still has a high unemployment rate since the decline of the current job market. And many Americans are struggling to establish the skills needed for employment, or the underemployed are force to lower they skill to make a profit. America’s economic status has force the underemployed and unemployed to make ends meet with the current jobs available. And last but not least some have also utilized these difficult times to venture into new discoveries to make life hassle free. So, we wonder is Americans giving up in today’s economy or do they settle for lower end job to establish a steady income to make ends.