Site Map |Introduction | R&D Statistics | Human Resources | Policies | Innovation | ICT | Investment | SME | Directories

Researcher's Mobility

1 Profile of Respondents

In the present survey, the profile of respondents is based on their place of birth, age group, marital status, and, number of languages known. It is also based on the economies where these respondents have been educated and worked. These data is helpful in evaluating their responses. Since the number of respondents is not very high, a conclusive analysis cannot be made on this economy. However, an attempt has been made to analyse the results and present the trend based on observations.

At the end of this section, Table A and Figures 1, 2, 3 & 4 classify the respondents who have evaluated this economy, Mexico, based on their year of evaluation, age, marital status and languages known.

Table B and accompanying Figure 5 (Refer end of section) display the number of respondents, who were born, educated and worked in different APEC economies.

2 Channels for obtaining information

This is followed by Table C and Figure 6 (Refer end of section), illustrating the popularity of different channels for obtaining information about this economy. No other channels have been cited in the survey.

3 Organization of the results

The main results from the survey have been classified under the following factors:

Factors or reasons for selecting or avoiding an economy

• Work environment factors;
• Visa factors;
• Settlement factors; and
• Communication and Mobility factors.

The number of responses for each of the above factors has been tabulated in Tables D, E, F, G, H (Refer end of section). The corresponding graphs are shown in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11(Refer end of section).

4 Factors or reasons for selecting or avoiding an economy

For Mexico, there are less government exchange agreements.

Some of the positive features of this economy are visa and entry regulations, language and culture, and infrastructure in the host economy.

There are no unique scientific resources according to more than half of the respondents.

5 Work environment factors

Willingness to share information & expertise, guidance from host researchers, status and treatment of foreigners are the positive features of the work environment.

6 Settlement Factors - housing, medical, and other social factors

• Rental expenses, climate, religious life and cultural life/activities are plus points in settling.
• Difficulty in obtaining medical treatment, food, maintenance allowances, quality of housing and medical expenses are negatives.

7 Communication, mobility and visa matters

Availability of telephone/fax, commuting to workplace, language, internet access, frequency of flights to the host economy, travelling costs from host economy, ease of travelling within the economy, are all positive.

Telephone/fax cost, converting or getting a new driving license, travelling cost to the host economy are some of the negative aspects of transport and communication.

8 Peace and order

• Crime rate, political stability and law and order are all rated highly negative for this economy.

Table A.
Year of Evaluation
	Votes
Before 1985
1985 to 90
1991 to 95	4
After 96	2
Not available
Total	6
Age
30 or less
31 to 40
41 to 50	4
Above 50	2
Not available
Total	6
Marital Status
Single	3
Married
Widowed/Divorced
Not available	3
Total	6
Language
One
Two
Three or more	5
Not available	1
Total	6

Table B. Economy of birth, Education and Work Experience of Respondents
	Birth	Under Graduate	Masters	Doctorate	Economy visited/worked
Australia	1	1	1		2
Brunei
Canada					3
Chile	2	2	1	1	1
China
Hong Kong, China
Indonesia
Japan				1	2
Korea
Malaysia
Mexico					6
New Zealand	1	1			1
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore					1
Chinese Taipei
Thailand					1
USA	2	2	3	1	7
Rest of the world					6
Not reported
Total	6	6	5	3	30

Table C. Channels of Obtaining Information
	Votes
Personal Contacts	6
Employer or Parent Organization
Magazines and News papers	3
Government exchange program	6
Technical journals
Others	4

Table D. Factors or reasons for selecting or avoiding an economy
Factors	Positive	Negative	Issues
Centres of excellence in the economy
Unique scientific resources	1	4
Compensation	2	1
Advanced degree or technology or training
Working Conditions
Recognition of foreign qualifications	1	1
Recognition of foreign work experience	2	1
Employment opportunities
Career Prospects
Visa and entry regulations	4
Immigration opportunities
Housing
Medical
Cost of living
Language and culture	4
Infrastructure in host economy	4
Quality of life in host economy

Table E. Work environment factors
	Positive	Negative	Issues
Availability of information
Availability of advanced facilities
Prior knowledge to use facilities
Guidance from host researchers	4
Willingness to share information & expertise	5
Interest level of projects
Project deadlines	2
Project funding
Freedom in workplace
Status & treatment of foreigners compared to natives	4	1
Table F. Visa Factors
	Positive	Negative	Issues
Procedures		5
Visa period	4
Visa for the family	4
Restrictions

Table G. Settlement Factors
	Positive	Negative	Issues
Housing
Ease/difficultyin getting accommodation		3
Rental expenses	4
Quality of housing		4
Medical
Ease/difficulty in obtaining medical treatment		5
Medical expenses	1	4
Availability of medical facilities	4	1
Peace and Order in the host economy
Crime rate		5
Political stability		5
Law and order	2	3
Other Social factors
Food		5
Climate	4
Maintenance allowances		5
Religious life	4
Isolation from your country men in host economy
Social interaction
Spouse’s career
Children’s education
Family/Children's health

Table H. Communication and Mobility
	Positive	Negative	Issues
Communication
Language for communication in the host economy	4
Availability of Telephone/fax	5	1
Telephone/fax cost		5
Internet access	4	1
Availability of Radio/TV programs for foreigners	3	2
Cultural life or activities in the host economy	4	1
Mobility
Travelling cost to host economy	1	4
Frequency of flights to host economy	4	1
Ease/difficulty of travelling within host economy	4	2
Ease/difficulty of travelling from host economy	4	1
Commuting to work place	5
Cost of owning and maintaining a car	1	3
Converting or getting a new driving license	1	5

 Click to download figures (MS-Excel 97 format)