Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ito, Rodrigo
Author-workplace-name: Mt Economic Research Inst on Innov/Techn, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research
Author-Name: Visentin, Fabiana
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, Mt Economic Research Inst on Innov/Techn
Author-Name: Cowan, Robin
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, Mt Economic Research Inst on Innov/Techn
Author-Name: Chavarro Bohorquez, Diego
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, Mt Economic Research Inst on Innov/Techn
Author-Name: Ciarli, Tommaso
Author-workplace-name: Mt Economic Research Inst on Innov/Techn
Title: Local Gains from Global Minds: The Impact of Collaborating with Foreign-Educated Researchers on Non-Mobile Researchers’ Performance
Abstract: Foreign-educated researchers who cross national borders for training can play an important role in contributing to research in their country of origin. Relying on a unique dataset of Colombian researchers, our study explores how researchers with Ph.D. training abroad affect the performance of researchers who do not work or study abroad (non-mobile researchers) through direct collaboration. Combining Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences estimations, we find that non-mobile researchers who co-author with foreign-educated researchers experience a significant improvement in their research performance. Co-authoring boosts the number of publications, citations, publications in top journals, and the share of publications in English. Interestingly, the extent of these improvements differs across scientific macro fields.
Classification-JEL: o15,o30,o33,o54
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20251030
Number: 2025-025
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/281993211/wp2025-025.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 1759951
Handle: Repec:unm:unumer:2025025
DOI: 10.53330/TMWR8460