Brain Drain as the Impact of Educational Migration in Indonesia
Made Dwi Setyadhi Mustika; Sutyastie Soemitro Remi; Mohamad Fahmi; Maman Setiawan

Faculty of Economic and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran

Abstract

Getting a better job is usually the main reason someone migrates. But, the other reason that cannot be ignored is the hope of getting the opportunity to get a higher education. The phenomenon that arises following this educational migration activity is that there are many educational migrants who do not return to their home areas after taking education, and choose to work in other area. This phenomenon is known as brain drain, which refers to the condition of non-return of educational migrants after studying abroad. Natalia (2017) states that, educational migration activity is expected to bring new intellectual products to the area of origin, as well as new knowledge and technology. But, on the other hand most of these educational migrants did not return to their home areas because they preferred to migrate again as workers. This study aims to determine whether educational migrants will return to their original area or not, after completing their education in the destination. This study covers educational migration activities between regions in Indonesia, so the term used to describe this condition is Domestic Brain Drain. By using panel data of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) wave 4 and wave 5, which are processed using the Logistic Regression Model method, the result suggest that more than 50 percent of the population of educational migrant in Indonesia choose not to return to their home area after education. They choose to work in the destination of migration education or work in other areas outside the area of origin.

Keywords: Educational Migration; Brain Drain

Topic: Education, Community Engagement

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/XC8zZ3q9QVPG

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