Chapter 8

Destinations of Mobile European Researchers

Europe versus the United States

Reinhilde Veugelers1,2,3,  and Linda Van Bouwel1     1Faculty of Business and Economics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium     2Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium     3CEPR, London, UK

Abstract

Using a sample of 998 European-born researchers who obtained their PhD in Europe and are internationally mobile after receiving their PhD, we study the differences in personal characteristics, motivations, and perceived impeding factors between those researchers who choose Europe versus those who choose the United States as their destination. We found that career motivations are more strongly related to mobility to the United States. Researchers with previous PhD mobility experience within ...

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