China's brain drain at the high end: Why government policies have failed to attract first-rate academics to return

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-345

  Cao, Cong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brain drain; China; Overseas academics; Research; Return migration

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BRAIN DRAIN; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57049145402     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730802496532     Document Type: Article

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