Returned Scholars & University Reform (II) (original) (raw)
This report adopts a cost-benefit analysis in understanding the decision of return option for overseas nationals in the domain of science. I lay special emphasis on the cost of academic excellence, compensation for aging process and the advantages of domestic network. An overseas scientist will come back if and only if the rent for being senior and easiness of adaption transcend his/her concern for research output. By regression on a pooled cross section data merging returnees and overseas scholars of China, I empirically exemplified the negative effect of academic excellence, the positive effect of age and the positive effect of connection on the probability of return. This result has great implication for both the brain drain literature and China's talent policy.
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