title: Developing Science: Scientific Performance and Brain Drains in the Developing World.
abstract: Establishing a strong scientific community is important as countries develop, which requires both producing and retaining of important scientists. We show that developing countries produce a sizeable number of important scientists, but that they experience a tremendous brain drain. Education levels, population, and per capita GDP are positively related to the number of important scientists born in and staying in a country. Our analysis indicates that democracy and urbanization are associated with the production of more important scientists although democracy is associated with more out-migration.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, IZA, and NBER, 1945 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215.
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Weinberg