Studying abroad: a necessary path towards a successful academic career in social sciences in Lebanon?Footnote^*

* Authors would like to thank Eric Opigez, cartographer at CEPED, for helping us illustrating career paths of academics (see Figure 3) and Jacques Kabbanji and Sorana Toma for their valuable comments.

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