DEVELOPING BRAIN GAIN POLICIES IN SERBIA
DEVELOPING BRAIN GAIN POLICIES IN SERBIA

Author(s): Tanja Pavlov, Danilo Rakić, Vladimir Petronijević
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Grupa 484
Keywords: Serbia; Brain gain
Summary/Abstract: Serbia is traditionally an emigration country, as evidenced by the estimates that the Serbian diaspora encompasses between three and four million people (Ministry of the Diaspora, 2010). Emigration waves from Serbia can be divided into four main periods, in which dominance of economic and political reasons for leaving the country alternated: 1) economic emigration from the late 19th century until World War II, mostly to America, 2) war and post-war political emigration of the 40‟s and 50‟s of the 20th century, mostly to oversees countries, 3) economic emigration in the period from 1960 to 1980, when generally the low skilled workers were leaving the country and going to developed countries of Europe, and 4) political-economic emigration of the nineties of the 20th century, characterised by the departure of a large number of highly qualified people, the so-called brain drain phenomenon. (IOM, 2008).

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