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THE RISK OF THE OUTFLOW OF DOCTORS AND IT/ICT
SPECIALISTS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO OTHER
COUNTRIES
JANA VAVREČKOVÁ ET AL.
Abstract
Qualified professionals are in demand in all of the world’s developed economies, and
qualifications in general are becoming more important. Despite relatively high levels of
unemployment many countries are suffering from a lack of qualified professionals. Job
seekers in modern information and communications technologies are particularly in demand,
and there is also high demand for the full range of medical professions.
This publication continues from the first stage of the project “The risk of the potential outflow
of qualified professionals from the Czech Republic”. After an analysis of the professions most
in demand (i.e. where there are shortages) on the Czech and European labour markets, work
has focused on an in-depth analysis of specific migration-risk professionals. The analysis is
divided into two parts. The first part covers doctors, the second information and
communications technology experts. Both migration-risk professional groups are analysed
using the same criteria: employers’ needs and requirements; the number of professionals on
the Czech labour market compared with other countries; anticipated future developments; the
income motivation for working abroad.
Statistical analyses, economic analyses and sociological methodologies have been used,
specifically questionnaires and in-depth surveys of doctors and IT professionals’ willingness
to emigrate. The depth analysis includes qualitative interviews with representatives of the
groups concerned from the public sector, trade unions, professional associations, academia
and the business world.
The publication includes fundamental aggregate information on both groups of professionals
monitored, and selected results from field surveys of doctors and IT workers. Research work
was carried out by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA) in 2006.
Key words
Doctors, IT/ICT professionals, labour market, monitoring needs, employment and
employment trends, labour migration, earnings motivations to emigrate for work.
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