Global mobility of research scientists the economics of who goes where and why
Global Mobility of Research Scientists: The Economics of Who Goes Where and Why brings together information on how the localization and mobility of academic researchers contributes to the production of knowledge. The text answers several questions, including "what characterizes nationally and i...
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Amsterdam [Netherlands]
Academic Press
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
- Front Cover
- Global Mobility of Research Scientists
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 1
- What Do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and Impact on Scientific Production
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. WHY ARE WE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN RESEARCHER MOBILITY?
- 3. MOBILITY FROM A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE
- 4. THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO ANALYZING RESEARCHER MOBILITY WITHIN A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE
- 5. CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2
- International Mobility of Research Scientists: Lessons from GlobSci
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 3. RETURN
- 4. INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY AND RESEARCH NETWORKS
- 5. INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY AND PERFORMANCE
- 6. CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 3
- International Careers of Researchers in Biomedical Sciences: A Comparison of the US and the UK
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. CAREERS AND MOBILITYIN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
- 3. INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, CAREER PROGRESSION, AND RESEARCH PERFORMANCE
- 4. DATA DESCRIPTION
- 5. MODEL AND RESULTS
- 6. CONCLUSION
- ANNEX 2: DISAMBIGUATION STRATEGIES FOR PUBLICATIONS
- ANNEX 3: TOP-RANKED INSTITUTIONS
- ANNEX 4: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- CHAPTER 4
- MOBILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS1
- 2. THE EFFECT OF RESEARCHER MOBILITY ON RESEARCHER PRODUCTIVITY
- 3. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
- 4. RESULTS
- 5. CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 5
- Who Leaves and Who Stays? Evidence on Immigrant Selection from the Collapse of Soviet Science
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. BACKGROUND
- 3. THE MIGRATION DECISION
- 4. DATA
- 5. ANALYSIS OF IMMIGRANTSELECTION
- 6. DISCUSSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 6
- China's "Great Leap Forward" in Science and Engineering
- 1. CHINA BECOMES A HIGHEREDUCATION POWERHOUSE.
- 2. CHINA BECOMES A RESEARCHGIANT
- 3. CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- FURTHER READING
- Websites Referenced in Paper
- Chapter 7
- Which Factors Influence the International Mobility of Research Scientists?
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
- 3. A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZINGTHE DETERMINANTS OF SCIENTISTMOBILITY FLOWS
- 4. DATA SOURCES
- 5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS
- 6. CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHERREMARKS
- REFERENCES
- ANNEX
- Chapter 8
- Destinations of Mobile European Researchers: Europe versus the United States
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE ON MOTIVATIONS AFFECTING THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS
- 3. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- 4. DATA: THE MORE SURVEY
- 5. RESULTS
- 6. CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX 1: THE MORE SURVEYAND OUR SAMPLE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 9
- Appointment, Promotion, and Mobility of Bioscience Researchers in Japan
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW
- 3. THE JAPANESE EMPLOYMENT AND SCIENCE SYSTEM
- 4. DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- 5. REGRESSION ANALYSIS
- 6. CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 10
- Moving Out of Academic Research: Why Do Scientists Stop Doing Research?
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. CAREER PATH AND EXIT FROM ACADEMIC RESEARCH CAREER
- 3. DETERMINANTS OF EXIT
- 4. CONTEXT OF JAPANESE ACADEMIA
- 5. DATA DESCRIPTION AND VARIABLE MEASUREMENT
- 6. ECONOMETRIC MODEL AND RESULTS
- 7. CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX 1
- APPENDIX 2
- Index