students choose to join a given UK university because of political stability, lifestyle, the image of the institution, learning … English, cost, quality of courses, the ability to succeed and job prospects. That is why Vietnamese students select highly … marketable courses. Contrarily, the push factors for Vietnamese students to select UK universities include reference groups like …

and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …