Abstract
Migration studies emphasize the role of economic, social and cultural capital in shaping outmigration 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 reintegration 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e0220609 |
| Journal | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Israel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding
This research was financed by the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research (Emil Israel, Daniel Czamanski), Technion, and conducted under its auspice. Additionally, the project was partially supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant 319/17) (Daniel Czamanski). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This research was funded by the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Technion, and conducted under its auspices. We wish to thank to Prof. Arnon Bentur, who assisted greatly in the realization of the research. Czamanski would like to thank the Israel Science Foundation (grant 319/17) for partial support of this work.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Emil Israel | |
| Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research | |
| Israel Science Foundation | 319/17 |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |