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Rewards of Technology: Explaining China's Reverse Migration

  • David Zweig
  • , Siu Chung
  • , Wilfried R Vanhonacker

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Abstract

China rewards Mainlanders with technology who return to China. Among entrepreneurs and scientists, technology is generating today's reverse migration as the rewards for bringing back technology are significant. Many returnees do not bring the latest international technology; technology that is new for China suffices to create a comparative advantage in the domestic market, making the transfer of technology a key strategy for becoming a successful reverse migrant. This article shows statistically that those who said that they had returned because they possessed a new technology (55% of our sample) were less likely to have a new international technology than a technology that was new only for China.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)449-471
JournalJournal of International Migration and Integration
Volume7
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 2006

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

  • Migration
  • Research, Science and Technology Policy
  • Education Policy

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