Gordon Hanson Paper on Location Choices of Foreign-Born Students Receiving PhDs
Attracting Talent: Location Choices of Foreign-Born PhDs in the US
10/25/2012
Gordon Hanson & Jeffrey Grogger,
National Bureau of Economic Research
Grogger and Hanson use data from the National Science Foundation to examine the post-degree location choices of foreign-born students receiving PhDs from U.S. universities in science and engineering. Individuals with advanced training in science and engineering are important inputs in the process of innovation. They are more likely than other college graduates or post-graduates to produce and to commercialize patents. Where they choose to live and work affects the global distribution of innovation capacity. In low-income countries, there are few opportunities to obtain advanced training in science and engineering, requiring students to pursue degrees abroad with many going to the United States. The success of these countries in luring students who obtain graduate degrees from U.S. or other foreign universities back home determines their capacity for indigenous research and development.
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Gordon Hanson is director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and professor of economics at UC San Diego. He specializes in the economics of international trade, international migration, and foreign direct investment. He has published extensively in the top academic journals of the economics discipline, is widely cited for his research by scholars across the social sciences, and is frequently quoted in major media outlets. His current research examines the international migration of skilled labor, border enforcement and illegal immigration, the impact of imports from China on the US labor market, and the determinants of comparative advantage.
