TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hunter, Rosalind S.
AU  - Oswald, Andrew J.
AU  - Charlton, Bruce G.
        TI  - The Elite Brain Drain
        PY  - 2009/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4005
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4005
        AB  - We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on whether migration improves scientists' productivity, but we find that movers and stayers have identical h-index citations scores. Immigrants in the UK and US now win Nobel Prizes proportionately less often than earlier. US residents' h-indexes are relatively high. We describe a framework where a key role is played by low mobility costs in the modern world.
        KW  - mobility
KW  - science
KW  - brain drain
KW  - citations
        ER  -