Purpose - The aim of the paper is to explore the labour market experiences of highly skilled migrants from developed countries who are not linguistic or visible minorities in the host country.Design/methodology/approach - The results of the paper derive from interviews with 64 highly skilled...

Purpose: The paper addresses two research questions: first, to what extent do highly skilled migrants intend to make personal business and financial investments in their home countries, and second, what factors influence them to invest in their home countries? Design/methodology/approach: The...

This paper analyses why British and Indian scientists working in Boston’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector moved to the U.S. Based on over two hundred structured interviews, I examine two aspects of their migration. First, whether both groups differed in their reasons for migration, and...

This paper argues that despite a sizeable literature on return migration, it is still not well understood whether highly skilled migrants are remaining in their host countries or returning to their home countries. I argue that most British and Indian scientists working in the pharmaceutical and...

This article argues that despite the growing emphasis on brain circulation, most British and Indian scientists working in Boston, Massachusetts, USA are still contributing to a brain drain in their home countries. I show that although the majority of respondents have regular, albeit different...

In this article I analyse the different social networks that British and Indian scientists use to obtain job information in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector around Boston, Massachusetts. I argue that individuals’ social networks are critical in helping highly skilled migrants find...

This paper argues that although the social networks of highly skilled migrants are important, British and Indian scientists in Boston tend not to use expatriate social networks. I demonstrate that wider differences in cultural norms to the indigenous population, homogeneity within a migrant...

This chapter compares the reasons why highly skilled British expatriates immigrated to and would emigrate from Canada. The reasons respondents left the UK and would return to the UK were markedly different. Job opportunities, for example, were important in immigration decisions, whereas family...