BRAIN GAIN Definition & Meaning

brain gain

noun

an increase in the number of highly trained, foreign-born professionals entering a country to live and work where greater opportunities are offered.

brain gain

noun

informal.
the immigration into a country of scientists, technologists, academics, etc, attracted by better pay, equipment, or conditions

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brain gain¹

First recorded in 1965–70; modeled on brain drain

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Pointing to the state’s economic momentum, the governor said: “What it means is we have a chance to be the generations that change everything — that turn our brain drain into a brain gain.”

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“That we turn our brain drain into a brain gain.”

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“This is the best chance to turn our brain drain into a brain gain, make sure we never lose our talented young people to any other state ever again,” Beshear said in what is emerging as a campaign theme.

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But what if, through understanding these biochemical processes, we could get all of that brain gain without going through the exercise pain?

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The IBM software engineer said he is able to work fully remotely and felt the goal of the program to attract “brain gain” to the islands and to make Hawaii a place not just driven by tourism resonated with him.

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