The mover's advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists

Economics Letters

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-893

  Franzoni, Chiara ^a   Scellato, Giuseppe ^b,c   Stephan, Paula ^d,e,f  

^a Politecnico di Milano   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c BRICS   (Italy)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Foreign born scientists; High skilled migration; Migrant selection; Scientist mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888426521     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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