The elite brain drain
We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on whether migration improves scientists' productivity, but we find that movers and stayers have identical h-index citations scores. Immigrants in the UK and US now win Nobel Prizes proportionately less often than earlier. US residents' h-indexes are relatively high. We describe a framework where a key role is played by low mobility costs in the modern world.
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2009
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Authors: | Hunter, Rosalind S. ; Oswald, Andrew J. ; Charlton, Bruce G. |
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Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
Subject: | Brain Drain | Wissenschaftler | Standortwettbewerb | Publikationsanalyse | Hochschule | Mobility | science | brain drain | citations |
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freely available
Series: | IZA Discussion Papers ; 4005 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 593050363 [GVK] hdl:10419/35595 [Handle] |
Classification: | O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies |
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