The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists

Migrant scientists outperform domestic scientists. The result persists after instrumenting migration for reasons of work or study with migration in childhood to minimize the effect of selection. The results are consistent with theories of knowledge recombination and specialty matching.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Franzoni, Chiara ; Scellato, Giuseppe ; Stephan, Paula
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 122.2014, 1, p. 89-93
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Foreign-born scientists \| High-skilled migration \| Scientist mobility \| Brain drain \| Migrant selection

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; F22 - International Migration ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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