brain gain

noun

an increase in the number of highly trained, foreign-born professionals entering a country to live and work where greater opportunities are offered.

Origin of brain gain

First recorded in 1965–70; modeled on brain drain

Words nearby brain gain

brain drain, brain fart, brain fever, brain fingerprinting, brain freeze, brain gain, brain hormone, brain mantle, brain sand, brain scan, brain someone

British Dictionary definitions for brain gain

brain gain

noun

informal the immigration into a country of scientists, technologists, academics, etc, attracted by better pay, equipment, or conditions