A Reflection on the Elite's Emigration from Iran after Revolution

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Atefeh Shakiba Rad ¹ , Haeideh Saberi ² , Mehrdad Sabet ³

1 - Clinical Psychology PhD Student, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen , Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen , Iran. (Corresponding Author).
3 - Assistant Professor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen , Iran.

Received: 2022-05-23 Accepted : 2023-02-13 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: entrepreneurship, Revolution, Elite, Emigration, Knowledge-based economy,

Abstract :

One cannot deny the effects of human capital of a country on its economic development process. The Elite's emigration is one of the most important damages and challenges for the human capital of a country, which as a reality, in the past decades, have resulted in the loss of a significant part of human capital in the underdeveloped and developing countries in favor of developed countries. Witnessing decades of ascending trend of the elite's emigration after '79 revolution, Iran has been no exception in this regard. Repulsing factors in the country, as the findings of the present descriptive-analytical research showed, play a significant role in the accelerated and increased emigration of Iranian elites after revolution. Certain adopted economic policies (beside the lack of economic freedom), the unequal distribution of higher education system, and the lack of proper support for the elite's entrepreneurship process are important examples of these impacting factors. Developing knowledge–based economy, providing the related infrastructures, removing bureaucracy, and equal quantity distribution of higher education system seem to be largely effective in controlling and decreasing the phenomenon of the elite's emigration.