The close connection between US and China in scientific research and education in the 2000s produced a large group of … China-born researchers who work in the US ("diaspora") and a larger group of China-born researchers who gained US …-research experience and returned to do their research in China ("returnee"). Analyzing 2018 Scopus data on research papers, we estimate …

China's emerging labor market was buffeted by changes in demand and supply and institutional changes in the last two … entered the job market under more or less favorable conditions. On this dimension, China's labor market seems more flexible … than those in other countries. Three related factors may explain this pattern: (1) the rapid growth of China's economy; (2 …