Choice of Country by the Foreign Born for PhD and Postdoctoral Study: A Sixteen-Country Perspective / Paula Stephan, Chiara Franzoni, Giuseppe Scellato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephan, Paula.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Franzoni, Chiara.

Scellato, Giuseppe.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w18809.

NBER working paper series no. w18809

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.

Summary:

We analyze the decisions of foreign-born PhD and postdoctoral trainees to come to the United States vs. go to another country for training. Data are drawn from the GlobSci survey of scientists in sixteen countries working in four fields. We find that individuals come to the U.S. to train because of the prestige of its programs and/or career prospects. They are discouraged from training in the United States because of the perceived lifestyle. The availability of exchange programs elsewhere discourages coming for PhD study; the relative unattractiveness of fringe benefits discourages coming for postdoctoral study. Countries that have been nibbling at the U.S.-PhD and postdoc share are Australia, Germany, and Switzerland; France and Great Britain have gained appeal in attracting postdocs, but not in attracting PhD students. Canada has made gains in neither.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2013.