Mobility of PhD students and scientists

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 286-293

  Avveduto, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Doctorate; High skilled; Higher education; Internationalization; Mobility; PhD; Postdoctorals; Researchers; Scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884463732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00881-2     Document Type: Chapter

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