TY - CHAP
T1 - Youth Educational Mobility
T2 - The Start of Intellectual Migration
AU - Lo, Lucia
AU - Lu, Yixi
AU - Li, Wei
AU - Tan, Yining
AU - Lu, Zheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Migration is a complex phenomenon, involving different actors and agents moving in multiple directions. As no single theory can explain all types and aspects of migration, our focus here is on laying down ‘a middle-range theory (that) would allow analysis of the regularities and variations in specific types of migration that share some important common characteristics’ (Castles 2010, 1574–75). Our specific concern is with educational migration and skilled migration, which are highly connected especially in terms of career development. Examining them as a spectrum enhances our knowledge of mobility for purposes beyond immediate economic gain and enriches migration theory. We have therefore proposed a conceptual framework, ‘intellectual migration,’ to capture such dynamics, connecting internal and international migration, student migrants and highly skilled migrants (Li et al. 2015, 2020), with youth migration in education marking the beginning of an intellectual migration process.
AB - Migration is a complex phenomenon, involving different actors and agents moving in multiple directions. As no single theory can explain all types and aspects of migration, our focus here is on laying down ‘a middle-range theory (that) would allow analysis of the regularities and variations in specific types of migration that share some important common characteristics’ (Castles 2010, 1574–75). Our specific concern is with educational migration and skilled migration, which are highly connected especially in terms of career development. Examining them as a spectrum enhances our knowledge of mobility for purposes beyond immediate economic gain and enriches migration theory. We have therefore proposed a conceptual framework, ‘intellectual migration,’ to capture such dynamics, connecting internal and international migration, student migrants and highly skilled migrants (Li et al. 2015, 2020), with youth migration in education marking the beginning of an intellectual migration process.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-99447-1_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-99447-1_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85162643946
SN - 9783030994464
SP - 83
EP - 96
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration, 2nd ed. 2022
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -