Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it intends to engage in skill gain–lose debate in the contemporary global skill mobility context; and second, it looks into whether Southeast Asia (SEA) is losing by experiencing skill deficiency due to over outflow of talents. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected through interviews with policy makers, stakeholder and migrant professionals from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Findings The paper comes up with the brain drain dynamics to better understand the trajectory of skill mobility in and from SEA. Within the skill mobility discourse, it is undoubtedly difficult to conclude who are the losers and the gainers in the long run. Originality/value This research is based on relatively small sample. However, this offers a fresh insight into the skill deficiency dynamics in Southeast Asia.

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全球技能不足：东南亚国家技能流动的观点

目的本文的目的是双重的：首先，它旨在进行技能提升-在当代全球技能流动性的背景下进行辩论。其次，调查东南亚（SEA）是否由于人才流失而遭受技能短缺的困扰。设计/方法/方法通过采访来自新加坡，马来西亚，泰国，印度尼西亚和菲律宾的决策者，利益相关者和移民专业人员，收集了原始数据。研究结果本文提出了人才流失的动态机制，以更好地了解SEA中和来自SEA的技能流动的轨迹。在技​​能流动性的话语中，从长远来看，无疑很难确定谁是失败者和受益者。创意/价值本研究基于相对较小的样本。然而，