tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post89382711518178021..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: The Regional Skills GapMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-49487484544990531102018-05-23T21:29:43.818+01:002018-05-23T21:29:43.818+01:00LF, dinosaurs do still exist. They are called bir...LF, dinosaurs do still exist. They are called birds.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-30565403861839004942018-05-21T19:28:30.497+01:002018-05-21T19:28:30.497+01:00I speak Spanish and I can assure that if you speak...I speak Spanish and I can assure that if you speak Spanish, you realize that a lot of Spanish speaking immigrants are not all the best of the best from the country. I met one who thought that dinosaurs still exist! Some are very talented however, I think probably more of them are above or below average than in their own countries.<br />L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53266116615642129922018-05-21T18:23:35.214+01:002018-05-21T18:23:35.214+01:00LF, by underdeveloped I mean countries where most ...LF, by underdeveloped I mean countries where most people can't read and write. That clearly doesn't apply to South America. In any event, the problem is perception. If you judge a country by the people who have emigrated from there to here, you are meeting the best educated and most ambitious/enterprising. Australians think Brits are hard working; Brits think Poles are hard working, and so on.<br /><br />Another example of this internal brain drain is East Germany, which is permanently f---ed (apart from maybe Berlin) as all the better educated, ambitious, enterprising go to West Germany. That started happening the day the wall came down and has not stopped.<br /><br />Islamic emigration is sort of the reverse of this, but that's a purely political/ideological thing, not an economic thing.<br /><br />LF, Spain is of course a fully fledged third world country and every bit as developed as the UK. I too have met people from France, Spain, Germany (!) who come here because it is easier to find work (!).Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-63439049521819136732018-05-21T10:19:10.460+01:002018-05-21T10:19:10.460+01:00PS all immigrants I have met from Spain in the las...PS all immigrants I have met from Spain in the last few years have come here because of lack of Jobs. Although I am not sure if you count Spain as an under developed country.L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-22698312072098327002018-05-20T17:46:01.795+01:002018-05-20T17:46:01.795+01:00MW, of course a lot of people come from elsewhere ...MW, of course a lot of people come from elsewhere to study and then go home again.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-13327410107061351492018-05-20T16:03:58.805+01:002018-05-20T16:03:58.805+01:00MW I take the broad point you are making. What cau...MW I take the broad point you are making. What caught my eye was the article you link: Brain drain of graduates to London leaves cities facing skills shortage.<br /><br />Chart shows that 27% of students already in London leave! Scotland and North West resist London gravitational pull. And Northern Ireland seems to function as a seperate nation with 'border controls' on grads :)<br /><br />MikeWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455583313857077618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-27059435601972823782018-05-19T18:47:57.822+01:002018-05-19T18:47:57.822+01:00The best paying jobs are in London
Exorbitant cos...<i>The best paying jobs are in London</i><br /><br />Exorbitant costs too.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-384747709428780012018-05-18T22:04:54.441+01:002018-05-18T22:04:54.441+01:00RT, true. But people behave otherwise.RT, true. But people behave otherwise.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-61812142758287221032018-05-18T15:13:05.255+01:002018-05-18T15:13:05.255+01:00"The best paying jobs are in London"
In..."The best paying jobs are in London"<br /><br />In gross terms yes, but not once you've taken the increased cost of housing into account.Rich Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037296506942507747noreply@blogger.com