reverse migration

A laudatory component of Sino–US rapprochement after 1978 has been collaborative research. Despite a strong pushback from universities and Asian–American rights groups, this scientific cooperation remains at risk.

The share of returned MAs in the domestic job market is huge; MAs who plan their overseas sojourn well, succeed after coming home; returning because of “family” issues is problematic; and a 20 percent “wage premium” for an overseas MA persists.