Scientific diasporas, transnationalism and home-country development: Evidence from a study of skilled Moldovans abroad

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-173

  Tejada, Gabriela ^a   Varzari, Vitalie ^b   Porcescu, Sergiu ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

brain drain and brain gain; home country development; Moldova; scientific diaspora; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879692616     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2013.789674     Document Type: Article

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