Today’s brain drain is not only from emerging and developing countries to richer countries, but also from European countries to the US. In most research disciplines, European-born “superstars” work and teach in the US rather than in Europe, and, according to a study by Gilles Saint-Paul, it is the superstars in particular who generate growth and prosperity for a country.
如今的人材外流并不仅仅是从新兴和发展中国家流向富裕国家，而且也从欧洲流向美国。在大多数研究领域中，欧洲出生的“超级明星”们在美国工作和教书，而不是在欧洲。吉列圣保罗的研究表明，正是那些超级明星为国家创造经济增长和繁荣。