Education, Employment, and Migration Israel in Comparative Perspective Paperback

Name: Education, Employment, and Migration Israel in Comparative Perspective Paperback
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Education, Employment, and MigrationIsrael in Comparative Perspective\nAuthor(s): Paul Ritterband\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521291927, 978-0521291927\nSynopsis\nThis 1978 study of the international migration of high-level manpower, popularly referred to as the 'brain drain', is based on data collected during the 1960s and 1970s. Whilst explaining the migration, Professor Ritterband analyzes the educational system of Israel as well as two other sample countries and the relationship between education and occupational success. He contends that one cause of the 'brain drain' is the mismatch of the educational qualifications of the job seekers and the higher demands of the employers. Professor Ritterband shows that the higher the level of education of the labor force in the home country, the higher the rate of the 'brain drain'. He also demonstrates, contrary to popular belief, that those wh.