THE MECHANISM OF THE ADAPTATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL MIGRANT WITH THE APPLICATION OF LISGAARD’S U-CURVEHYPOTHESIS

Authors

  • R. Stakanov Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • L. Shvorak Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
  • A. Ukhova Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/apmv.2019.140.1.89-99

Abstract

Abstract.The main purposes of the article are to analyze the concept of intellectual migrant, to consider the features of international migration of highly skilled workers, problems and consequences of intellectual migration, to study the factors affecting the migrant in a new environment using the U-shaped Lysgaard curve, to determine the features and causes of migration from Ukraine. The basic migration directions of the Ukrainian students for study and outflow of highly qualified personnel abroad are considered in the article. The main directions and centers of migrant flows in the world are analyzed.
Key words: intellectual migrant, international migration, "brain drain", U-shaped Lsgaard curve, culture shock, "push-pull" theory.

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Author Biographies

  • R. Stakanov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

     Dr of Sc. (Economics), Associate Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations 

  • L. Shvorak, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

     PhD (Economics), Assistant Professor of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations 

  • A. Ukhova, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

     PhD student of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations 

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2020-01-29