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Choice of Country by the Foreign Born for PhD and Postdoctoral Study : A Sixteen-Country Perspective
Stephan, Paula - 2013
We analyze the decisions of foreign-born PhD and postdoctoral trainees to come to the United States vs. go to another country for training. Data are drawn from the GlobSci survey of scientists in sixteen countries working in four fields. We find that individuals come to the U.S. to train because...
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Intellectual Returnees as Drivers of Indigenous Innovation : Evidence from the Chinese Photovoltaic Industry
Luo, Siping - 2013
We offer new evidence on indigenous innovation and intellectual returnees by estimating the relationship between patenting by Chinese photovoltaic firms and the presence of corporate leaders with international experience. Our research approach combines data from three sources: the industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459145
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China's “Great Leap Forward” in Science and Engineering
Freeman, Richard B. - 2015
In the past two decades China leaped from bit player in global science and engineering (S&E) to become the world … latecomer to modern science and engineering, China trailed the US and other advanced countries in the quality of its … universities and research but was improving both through the mid-2010s. This paper presents evidence that China's leap benefited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457585
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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
Borghans, Lex - 2009
Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and higher education in Europe and investigate potential...
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The Value of Peripatetic Economists : A Sesqui-Difference Evaluation of Bob Gregory
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2005
I ask generally whether a country can benefit from the temporary importation of human capital, and specifically whether a program that attracts large groups of academic visitors to a distant country benefits it by generating additional scholarly research on local issues. Using the list of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467226
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Attracting Talent : Location Choices of Foreign-Born PhDs in the US
Grogger, Jeffrey - 2013
We use data from the NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates to examine the post-degree location choices of foreign-born students receiving PhDs from US universities in science and engineering. Over the period 1960 to 2008, 77% of foreign-born S&E PhDs state that they plan to stay in the United States....
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Mobile Scientists and International Networks
Scellato, Giuseppe - 2012
This paper explores the link between mobility and the presence of international research networks. Data come from the GlobSci survey of authors of articles published in 2009 in four fields of science working in sixteen countries. Summary evidence suggests that migration plays an important role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460047
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Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion
Dynarski, Susan M. - 1999
Does student aid increase college attendance or simply subsidize costs for infra-marginal students? Settling the question empirically is a challenge, because aid is correlated with many characteristics that influence educational investment decisions. A shift in financial aid policy that affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471359
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The Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites
Cameron, Stephen V. - 1999
This paper estimates a dynamic model of schooling attainment to investigate the sources of discrepancy by race and ethnicity in college attendance. When the returns to college education rose, college enrollment of whites responded much more quickly than that of minorities. Parental income is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471541
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College Choice, Private Options, and The Incidence of Public Investment in Higher Education
Bound, John; Simon, Andrew - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Previous measures of the incidence of public investment in higher education focus on the transfer to public college students. This implies that the net benefits to students who do not attend public colleges is negative. However, they miss potential general equilibrium effects on the private...
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