Moving people and knowledge : scientific mobility in an enlarging European Union /

Moving people and knowledge : scientific mobility in an enlarging European Union /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ackers, Louise, 1960-
Imprint:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2008.
Description:	xiii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Labor mobility -- European Union countries. Occupational mobility -- European Union countries. Scientists -- Employment -- European Union countries. Brain drain -- European Union countries. Brain drain. Economic history -- Regional disparities. Emigration and immigration. Labor mobility. Occupational mobility. Scientists -- Employment. Europe -- Emigration and immigration. Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Regional disparities. Europe. Europe -- European Union countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7625272

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Other authors / contributors:	Gill, Bryony.
ISBN:	1843769859 9781843769859
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:	60001036616

Table of Contents:

Introduction: moving people and knowledge
defining the research agenda
Circulators, returners and settlers: migration trajectories and patterns
Migration processes and their determinants: 'professional' factors
The impact of partnering on migration processes and outcomes
Multiple life-courses? The impact of children on migration processes
The role of networks and connections in shaping migration processes and effects
Brain gain? Assessing the value of scientific migration to receiving countries
Brain drain? The experiences of sending countries
Summary, conclusions and policy implications.