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Geography, Ties, and Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Citations in Mathematics
Using data on academic citations, career and educational histories of mathematicians, and disaggregated distance data for the world's top 1000 math departments, we study how geography and ties a affect knowledge flows among scholars. The ties we consider are coauthorship, past colocation, advisor-mediated ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/yao-li-geography-ties-knowledge-flows-citations-mathematics
Why are Chinese Study Abroad Students Not Returning to China?
IEMS’ David Zweig recently commented extensively in a Chinese-language article for BBC Chinese on China’s growing “brain drain”, wherein high-level university students and young professionals are choosing to live in the countries where they study abroad, participate in exchange programs, and/or ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2015/zweig-bbc-why-are-chinese-study-abroad-students-not-returning-to-china
Unintended Negative Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results from a Field Experiment in Indian Classrooms
In an experiment in non-formal schools in Indian slums, an incentive for attending a target number of school days increased average attendance when the incentive was in place, but had heterogeneous effects after it was removed. Among students with high baseline attendance, the post-incentive attendance returned to ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/chao-unintended-negative-consequences-of-rewards-for-student-attendance-results-from-a-field-experiment-in-indian-classrooms
Can Conditional Grants Attract Better Students: Evidence from Chinese Normal Universities
One recent policy tend to improve teacher quality is providing conditional grants to trainees in teacher colleges and commit them to working in disadvantaged areas upon graduation. Yet little is known whether such policies attract better trainees. This paper evaluates a conditional grant program in Chinese ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/can-conditional-grants-attract-better-students-evidence-from-chinese-normal-universities
Assessing China’s Academic Orbit – Times Higher Education Article Quoting IEMS’ Yao Amber Li
The Times Higher Education featured an article on the juxtaposition between China’s ever-rising university rankings, and the widespread view held by many in China that the country’s education system is severely lacking at all levels. While China continues to place amongst the top on international tests ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2015/assessing-china-s-academic-orbit---times-higher-education-article-quoting-iems-yao-amber-li
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