When a country's intellectual elite and highly skilled professionals choose to emigrate to secure better working conditions and higher wages,the country is said to experience
A) intellectual pushing.
B) wage pull.
C) demographic transition.
D) brain drain.
E) deskilling emigration.

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Brain drain refers to the emigration of highly educated and skilled individuals from a country to another, leaving behind a void of expertise that may lead to economic and social difficulties. This usually happens when the individuals seek better opportunities and better living conditions in a more developed country, resulting in a loss for the country of origin. The term "brain drain" was coined to describe the phenomenon of the loss of intellectual talent and expertise from a country.

When a Country's Intellectual Elite and Highly Skilled Professionals Choose