Hi all,
I'm putting together a research proposal about young people's career mobility,
specifically young people in Wales and their plans whether or not to leave Wales (to
go to other parts of the UK or abroad). This is a tricky issue for the Welsh govt as
Wales is experiencing a net brain drain among qualified young professionals (see
http://goo.gl/J0w3G2). The most intuitive govt response would be to try somehow to
keep young people in Wales and discourage them from leaving, but this could have
unintended consequences in terms of e.g. their worldliness and life experience. I'm
reminded of that Rudyard Kipling line, "And what should they know of England who only
England know?" (obviously not quite relevant to Wales!).
Anyway, a potential counter-argument to the intuitive govt response above would be
that going abroad for a while can give young people broader insights and skills, and
that if/when they return home they'll be more 'valuable' citizens, as it were. That's
not an argument explored in the article linked above, which is more focused on trends
in population stats. Does anyone know of any data on the career value of leaving the
country of your upbringing, the likelihood of returning back to that country later in
life, or the increased (perhaps decreased) value of those people to that country?
Quite a lot of stuff going on in this query of mine! I'd very much appreciate any
insights, however partial or tangential, and in any country.
Many thanks,
Dave
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Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
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