[MGSA-L] Greek ‘brain drain': Doctorate holders want to leave [TAN]

[June Samaras]

Greek ‘brain drain': Doctorate holders want to leave
Apr, 04 2016

http://en.protothema.gr/greek-brain-drain-doctorate-holders-want-to-leave/

Greece 9th among 22 OECD countries with doctorate holders

According to a study carried out by the OECD ‘International Survey on
Careers of Doctorate Holders-CDH’, Greece has a high percentage of
doctorate holders per 1,000 residents but most of them have left abroad due
to the economic crisis.

The findings indicate that there are 7.3 doctorate holders per 1,000 Greeks
that could contribute to the country’s development, placing Greece 9th
among 22 countries that took part in the survey. More specifically, there
are over 35,000 highly qualified Greeks, 38.9 percent of which are women,
while a little, over 86 percent of them had gained their degrees from Greek
universities. Medicine & Health, as well as Natural Sciences were the most
popular scientific fields of doctorate holders.

Nearly a quarter of doctorate holders were self-funded via personal savings
or family support, while 23.1 percent had earned scholarships. The average
age for completing a doctorate was 38 years old, which was higher than the
average of other EU countries.

Greece had the highest rate of unemployment among doctorate holders at 3.5
percent. The Greek doctorate holders responded that their lowest
satisfactory levels concerned their earnings, while Greece presents the
highest rate of international mobility at 18.9 percent from 2004 to 2013,
while 10.2 percent of those asked in 2015 said they intended to move abroad
(UK, Germany or US) citing that their main reasons for moving were career
and financial.

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