In April 2024, a paper co-authored by Dr. Kazuhiro Fukazawa, an assistant professor at the Center for Global Online Education, Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, titled “Stay, Return, or Relocate: Destination of Asian Ph.D. Graduates from the United Kingdom and the United States,” was published by the Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility. This paper explores the career destinations of Asian students who obtained their Ph.D. degrees in the United States or the United Kingdom. Utilizing a unique dataset comprising the educational and career profiles of over 650 individuals from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and China who completed their Ph.D. between 1986 and 2015, Dr. Fukazawa found that mobility trends significantly vary by origin, with those sponsored by their home countries more inclined to return post-graduation. Additionally, recipients of Ph.D. degrees in the U.S. show a lower propensity to return to their home countries compared to their counterparts in the U.K. Furthermore, aside from the U.S., countries financing their citizens’ education abroad generally achieve social returns on their investment, aligning with the traditional human capital hypothesis.

https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/83061/070_moriWP24-01.pdf