%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Migration Policies in the Attraction and Retention of International Talent: The Case of Indian Researchers
%A Mar¨ªa Villares-Varela
%A Sorana Toma
%J Sociology
%@ 1469-8684
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0038038517750540
%X Governments are increasingly implementing policies aimed at attracting or retaining highly skilled migrants. While a growing number of studies examine the effectiveness of these efforts, the actual mechanisms through which migration policies may operate have not been questioned. Drawing on an aspirations-capability framework for mobility, this article explores the role of migration policies in the geographic mobility decisions of researchers, a highly skilled group that has been specifically targeted by such policies. Focusing on Indian researchers and using qualitative methodology (N = 40), we examine their decisions to study and/or work abroad, to stay or move elsewhere. The article shows that while migration policies do not seem to be influential in the attraction of students and researchers, they do play a role in the retention and subsequent moves of international talent
%K academic mobility
%K highly skilled
%K India
%K international migration
%K migration policy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038517750540