My impression is that it is continuing but greatly diminished. The big days of emigration were the early to mid 90s. Actually, Russia has net immigration (3 million people have left since 1991, and 6 million have come). The rate of emigrees who are returning has also greatly increased, most notably from Israel.
I am no scientist, but I have close contacts with the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the material I see there looks pretty impressive to my layperson's eye. There is a lot of money for scientists working in the petroleum industry or otherwise connected with natural-resource extraction and processing, or in the arms industry, but very little for most other people. Anything connected with computers is an exception. My experience is that most Russian university students are studying accounting, journalism, or "economics" (which means business). Computer programming and anything involving the Internet are another big draw, as are foreign languages. Theoretical sciences are way down on the list, except for psychology. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:31:06 -0700 Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Why did the USSR fall? > > Russia's strong educational tradition separates that country from most > dependent economies -- especially if Russia can stem the brain drain. > Is it still continuing? > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu >
