?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+research+productivity+of+Chinese+academic+returnees+from+the+Global+West%3A+An+evaluation+of+Young+1000+Talents+recipients'+productivity&rft.creator=Marini%2C+G&rft.creator=Yang%2C+L&rft.description=This+paper+compares+the+research+productivity+between+two+groups+of+Chinese+early-+and+mid-career+researchers%2C+who+both+got+their+PhDs+in+research+leading+institutions+outside+Mainland+China.+One+group+was+recruited+back+to+mainland+China+under+a+specific+scheme%2C+called+%E2%80%9CYoung+Thousand+Talents%E2%80%9D+(%E2%80%9CY1000T%E2%80%9D)+%E2%80%93+a+clear+attempt+by+the+Chinese+Government+to+tackle+brain+drain+and+to+nurture+Chinese+universities.+These+researchers+got+their+PhD+predominantly%2C+though+not+exclusively%2C+from+US+institutions.+Many+other+Chinese+researchers+of+similar+age%2C+disciplines+and+prestige+of+PhD+awarding+institutions+continue+to+work+outside+China+at+research-intensive+universities.+We+collected+a+sample+of+this+latter+category+of+Chinese+diasporas%2C+searching+from+US+research+intensive+universities.+We+use+this+distinction+to+set+up+a+quasi-experimental+research+design+in+order+to+answer+whether+or+not+scheme+recipients+returnees+(%E2%80%9CY1000T%E2%80%9D)+have+been+more+productive+in+research%2C+in+comparison+to+those+who+remained+outside+China.+The+comparison+primarily+considers+the+number+of+publications.+Results+show+that+after+coming+back+to+China%2C+Y1000T+returnees+have+significantly+increased+their+productivity+in+terms+of+the+number+of+outputs%2C+arguably+because+of+their+favourable+research+conditions.&rft.subject=Policy+effect%2C+Talent+mobility%2C+China%2C+the+USA%2C+Early+and+mid-career+researchers%2C+Research+performance&rft.publisher=Social+Research+Institute%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education&rft.date=2021-01-01&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(DoQSS+Working+Paper++21-02).+Social+Research+Institute%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10119717%2F1%2Fqsswp2102.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10119717%2F&rft.rights=open