Out of sight but not out of mind: on the North–South academic knowledge spillovers and human capital nexus
研究了留学生流动如何将发达国家的学术知识传播到发展中国家，以及人力资本如何吸收并转化为技术发展，对55个发展中国家2003-2016年的面板数据分析表明，留学生流动是南北知识溢出的重要渠道，人力资本则促进这一过程。
This article investigates whether student flows significantly channel academic knowledge from developed countries in the North to less developed ones in the South. It also examines if human capital absorbs and materialises this academic knowledge into technological development. Empirical analysis on a panel of 55 developing countries over 2003–2016 period indicates that student flows from the South to the North is an important vehicle for the North–South knowledge spillovers and human capital in the South strongly facilitates this diffusion process. These findings convey important implications for developing countries’ migration and education strategies that aim to promote innovation, technological development and growth performance. They are of special interests to policymakers and educational practitioners.