The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 122
Issue: 1
Pages: 89-93

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Migrant scientists outperform domestic scientists. The result persists after instrumenting migration for reasons of work or study with migration in childhood to minimize the effect of selection. The results are consistent with theories of knowledge recombination and specialty matching.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:122:y:2014:i:1:p:89-93
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25