cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64561299

The number of German firms closing their doors for good rose last year by as much as 16% on the year to 196,100, the Creditreform agency and the ZEW economic research institute reported on Wednesday.

    • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      @doodledup@lemmy.world

      When you share a source, you should read it before making conclusions based on the headline.

      An English translation about the interview you linked:

      Of the Germans who decide to move abroad, more than one in five respondents expressed the intention to live abroad permanently. Half of those surveyed, on the other hand, are planning a temporary stay abroad of up to five years in most cases […]

      What is surprising in our findings is indeed the very high average level of qualifications of the emigrants, but our analyses show hardly any evidence of a permanent “brain drain” from Germany […]

      Emphasis mine.

      • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        12 hours ago

        “The fraction of the people that were asked”. Who was asked? Also, how do you ask people that have already emigrated to another country and don’t plan to come back? Questionable methods. I’m only interested in the hard facts.

        You can turn and twist it as much as you want. Fact is, there is a netto exodus of academics for economic reasons. And this has been going on for a while and not just yesterday.

        • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Fact is, there is a netto exodus of academics for economic reasons.

          Where do they go? Do you have any hard facts?

          • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            14 minutes ago

            USA, Switzerland and Austria accounts for the majority of target countries. Around 60% if I remember correctly, correct me on that number if I’m wrong. Might be more than that. Emigration for economic reasons checks out though.