The returns obtained from international mobility by doctorate holders. Some evidence from Spain
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UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaPublisher
Center for Promoting IdeasDate
2013Citation
International Journal of Business and Social Science 4.12 (2013): 51-66ISSN
2219-1933Funded by
This paper is based on the research project “Flows of Human Resources in Science and Technology. Searching for excellence through talent”, funded through the Spanish National Plan for Research, Development and Innovation. Reference CSO 2009–09003.Project
Plan Nacional de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación. CSO 2009–09003Subjects
Spanish doctorate holders; Mobility; Returns; EconomíaRights
© Center for Promoting Ideas, USAAbstract
Given the important role played by science and knowledge in current patterns of economic growth, the economic
and labour behaviour of doctorate holders merits attention, since they are at the centre of the most fundamental
strategic processes on which human capital, productivity, innovation and economic well-being are founded.
Consequently, the aim of this paper is to analyse the benefits derived from the international mobility of Spanish
doctorate holders from several different perspectives, including academic, labour and economic effects. To this
end, a set of probabilistic models were estimated, using information from the 2009 edition of the Spanish Survey
on Human Resources in Science and Technology. Our results indicate that international mobility is associated
with significant and positive academic and labour effects, whereas returns in terms of income are much less
marked. We also found that most of the positive effects were limited to the higher education sector and did not
filter through to the private sector. The large number of Spanish doctorate holders working within higher
education could be the key factor which explains these results.
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Google Scholar:Dueñas Fernández, Diego
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Iglesias Fernández, Carlos
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Llorente Heras, Raquel
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