Abstract
Migration studies emphasize the role of economic, social and cultural capital in shaping out-migration decisions. Yet, little attention is paid to the effect of capital endowment on return migration, particularly among the highly educated. This article examines the extent to which different forms of capital determine return decisions of early-career researchers (ECRs). We hypothesized that individuals from more privileged backgrounds would repatriate at higher rates, due to the benefits that their capital stock might offer them upon homeland re-integration at home. Drawing on a sample of 223 early career Israeli scholars in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines, we used logistic regressions to analyze the effects of material wealth, social ties, and family-oriented cultural capital on their return propensities. No significant differences were found between repatriating and non-repatriating scholars with respect to cultural capital. However, accumulating social and economic capital was positively correlated with the decision to repatriate as was marrying into academic families.
Highlights
The exponential growth in academic mobility is explained often by the globalization of scientific knowledge, the accelerated development of higher education systems, primarily in the “Global South”, the growing value of international experience in the academic labor market and by an increasingly lenient skilled migration policy, driven by a fierce global race for talent [1,2,3]
The results indicate a significant difference in the capital stock of the two types of the sampled scholars
The article explores the role played by class of origin in location decisions of early-career researchers
Summary
The exponential growth in academic mobility is explained often by the globalization of scientific knowledge, the accelerated development of higher education systems, primarily in the “Global South”, the growing value of international experience in the academic labor market and by an increasingly lenient skilled migration policy, driven by a fierce global race for talent [1,2,3]. Czaika & Toma [4] recently called for a unified conceptual framework that bridges the long-existing gap in research concerning outmigration and return migration of students and other academics. Despite a mushrooming literature on the internationalization of mobility among all levels of the academically engaged, from undergraduate to PhD students, and from postgraduates to faculty members [2, 4, 5], research on mobility of early-career researchers–defined as those. Determinants of counter-migration among early career Israeli STEM researchers study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript
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