Are student flows a significant channel of R&D spillovers from the north to the south?

Thanh Le

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 3, 315-317

Abstract: In global context, as human capital embodies technology, international student flows may channel R&D spillovers from developed countries to less developed ones. Empirical study on a data set of 76 developing countries during 1998-2005 lends strong support to this hypothesis.

Keywords: Foreign; students; Foreign; education; R&D; spillovers; Total; factor; productivity; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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