Global patterns of migration of scholars with economic development.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 120(4): e2217937120, 2023 01 24.
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| ID: mdl-36652474
ABSTRACT
We leverage metadata on over 36 million journal articles and reviews indexed by Scopus in order to estimate migration of scholars based on information on changes in their institutional affiliations over time. We produce a database of yearly international migration flows of scholars, for all countries from 1998 to 2017. We use the open-access database to provide descriptive evidence on the relationship between economic development and the emigration propensity of scholars. Statistical analysis using generalized additive mixed models reveals that emigration rates initially decrease as GDP per capita increases. Then, starting from around 25,000 dollars (2017 constant international dollars at purchasing power parity), the trend reverses and emigration propensity increases as countries get richer. This U-shaped pattern contrasts with what has been found in the literature for emigration rates for the general population and calls for theoretical frameworks to understand the heterogeneous responses of migration to development.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Desenvolvimento Econômico
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Emigração e Imigração
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
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Alemanha