Brain drain in Mexico

Lic. Sofia Saucedo Morales

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Migration is an issue vitally important for Mexico since in part its economy depends on it, in fact, Mexico receives more money from remittances than for international tourism or the petroleum industry. However, there is a branch in this subject that has been given little importance that is the brain drain, the purpose of this research is to contribute to the creation of information related to the subject and expose the current Mexican Brain Drain situation in the Czech Republic. The main objective is to demonstrate which are the main reasons the Highly Educated Mexicans living in the Czech Republic decided to emigrate. Furthermore, to have an overview of their educational background and work experience prior to their emigration, and from there be able to approximate the losses Mexico faces due to the total public spending invested in their education. An online survey was developed to collect key information regarding the participants, from these and with data collected from official sources was possible to proceed with the corresponding calculations to approximate the current and definitive losses in the total public spending invested in education. At the end of this research, there is sufficient evidence to affirm despite economic reasons such as the limited job opportunities and the low salaries in Mexico contribute to some nationals decide to emigrate. Those are not the main reasons why the Highly Educated Mexicans based in the Czech Republic decided to emigrate.

Keywords

Qualified migration, Brain Gain, Economic impact, Czech Republic, Mexico, International migration, Brain Drain, Analysis, Survey, Motivations

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 31. 3. 2021

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Irena Benešová, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management