Factors influencing career location preferences of international graduate students in the United States

Musumba, Mark; Jin, Yanhong; Mjelde, James W.

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“…Female students are consistently more likely to stay in the United States relative to male counterparts because females might find more degreerelevant career opportunities or less gender discrimination in the United States compared to their home countries (Kim et al 2011;Musumba et al 2011). The better career opportunities such as higher salaries in industry sector, outstanding research infrastructure, research funding, and academic freedom tend to pull international students to stay in the host country (Altbach 2004;Franzoni et al 2012;Gupta et al 2003;Hazen and Alberts 2006).…”

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What predicts whether foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. institutions stay in the United States: foreign doctorate recipients in science and engineering fields from 2000 to 2010

Roh

2014

High Educ

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Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates by the National Science Foundation, this study examines factors influencing foreign doctorate recipients' decisions to stay in the United States after they complete their degrees. This study expands the existing literature on human capital theory on migration decision by exploring the variables that appear to be associated with one's migration decision, which takes into account the prestige of degrees and the home country context. The findings suggest that the foreign doctorate recipients with a prestigious doctoral degree were less likely to stay in the United States. The home country's economic conditions relative to those of the United States also significantly influenced one's migration decision. The foreign doctorate recipients' odds of staying in the United States increased when the unemployment rate gap between the home country and the United States widened. Lastly, the country of origin was important in predicting migration decisions for foreign doctorate recipients.Keywords Foreign doctorate recipients Á Mobility of highly skilled workers Á Stay and return decision Á Human capital theory on migration decision

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What predicts whether foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. institutions stay in the United States: foreign doctorate recipients in science and engineering fields from 2000 to 2010

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2014

High Educ

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“…Chaichian concluded the gaps in beliefs between socio-cultural aspects and authority and a combination of both formal religion and politics in the society (ideological tendency) has had an important effect on the phenomenon. Similar study indicated that political climate, economic instability, religious persecution, pressure on women, and ideological perspectives can be a central push factor of migration in developing countries [46].…”

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Policy Interventions in Outflow of Iranian Talent; The Case of Iran

Roudgar¹,

Kanagasundram²

2018

J Pol Sci Pub Aff

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These papers present the push and pull policies as two sides of the same coin and these become the force that drives and encourages the outflow of talent towards a goal. Like many developing countries, Iran has suffered from the phenomenon. The main objectives of this study are examined the key policy factors in cultural, economic and political conditions that contribute to Iranian talented people migration. The principal aim of this study is to propose ideas that can contribute to specific changes in public policies, to curb further outflow and may encourage Iranian expatriates to return to their homeland. This study, however, examines in depth the policy interventions related to the migration of talented Iranians. Interviews were conducted on educated talented Iranians living in six industrialized advanced nations to obtain their views on reasons for their migration. A predominant theme emerging from the study is that unfavorable political conditions have been the key reason for the migration of talented Iranians from their homeland.

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“…As the global financial crisis hit the US, a survey confirmed economic conditions to determine the "talent for citizenship (trade)", with former international students starting careers in countries "where they have more and better… opportunities, receive higher salaries" (Musumba et al, 2011). This constitutes a major strategic issue.…”

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Attracting and Retaining International Students as Skilled Migrants

Hawthorne¹

2018

Oxford Scholarship Online

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OECD countries compete to attract and retain international students as skilled migrants. By definition former international students are of prime workforce age, face no regulatory barriers, and have self-funded to meet domestic employer demand. Within the global ‘race for talent’ they have emerged as a priority human capital resource. This chapter examines the study-migration pathways that have evolved in the past decade within skilled migration policy frameworks. Three case studies are provided, assessing select challenges in the context of national debate. The first examines the UK’s attempt to reduce net migration flows and the impact of this on student migration. The second explores the retention of international doctoral students in the US amid concerns for labour market substitution rather than complementarity. The third defines the extent to which Australian employers value former international students compared to domestic graduates, including the impact of demand and demographic variables on early employment outcomes.

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Factors influencing career location preferences of international graduate students in the United States

Cited by 31 publications

References 26 publications

What predicts whether foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. institutions stay in the United States: foreign doctorate recipients in science and engineering fields from 2000 to 2010

What predicts whether foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. institutions stay in the United States: foreign doctorate recipients in science and engineering fields from 2000 to 2010

Policy Interventions in Outflow of Iranian Talent; The Case of Iran

Attracting and Retaining International Students as Skilled Migrants

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