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Abstract

This paper examines available empirical evidence about the loss of knowledge workers from Canada to the United States (brain drain) and the gain of knowledge workers in Canada from the rest of the world (brain gain).

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age, analytical products, architects, artists, athletes, brain drain, brain gain, computer programmers, computer science, computer scientists, educational level, emigrants, emigration, employment rate, engineers, entrepreneurs, full-time employment, high-income families, immigrants, immigration, international comparisons, knowledge workers, knowledge-based economy, managers, mathematics, nurses, occupations, physicians, postsecondary education, scientists, skilled workers, tax filers, technologists and technicians, university degrees, writers.