Japan's Brain Drain: An Analysis of Japanese Researchers Living in the United States

Japanese Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 23-57

  Murakami, Yukiko ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84903882391     PISSN: 2329194X     EISSN: 23291958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X370202     Document Type: Article

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