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Top Research Productivity and Its Persistence: Gender as a Double-Edged Sword

Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 1, pp. 273-285

The paper contributes to the debate on top performance in research productivity, its persistence over time, and the impact of gender. It uses a panel data set comprising the publications of all biomedical and exact scientists at the University of Leuven in the period 1992 to 2001. We find that...

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Can Compulsory Military Service Increase Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Although military conscription was widespread during most of the past century, credible evidence on the effects of mandatory service is limited. We provide new evidence on the long-term effects of peacetime conscription, using longitudinal data for Portuguese men born in 1967. These men were...

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The impact of an adult education voucher program: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - In: Journal of Public Economics 96 (2012) 7-8, pp. 569-583

Lifelong learning is often promoted in aging societies, but little is known about its returns or governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average...

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Top Research Productivity and its Persistence

Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The paper contributes to the debate on cumulative advantage effects in academic research by examining top performance in research and its persistence over time, using a panel dataset comprising the publications of biomedical and exact scientists at the KU Leuven in the period 1992-2001. We study...

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Can Compulsory Military Service Raise Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal

Card, David; Cardoso, Ana Rute - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (2012) 4, pp. 57-93

We provide new evidence on the long-term impacts of peacetime conscription, using longitudinal data for Portuguese men born in 1967. These men were inducted at age 21, allowing us to use preconscription wages to control for ability differences between conscripts and nonconscripts. We find a...

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Firm-sponsored training and poaching externalities in regional labor markets

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 41 (2011) 6, pp. 560-570

A firm's decision to invest in the general human capital of its workers can be affected by labor market conditions. Firms located close to a large number of competitors might refrain from financing general training because skilled workers may be poached after completion of training. To better...

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Overeducation among Swiss university graduates: determinants and consequences

Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 4, pp. 313-328

"This study uses the Swiss Graduate Survey data to investigate the determinants of job-education mismatch and the associated consequences on earnings while controlling for various ability and motivation factors, as well as socio-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The...

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In Search of Complementarity in Innovation Strategy: Internal R& D and External Knowledge Acquisition

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 1, pp. 68-82

external knowledge acquisition are complementary innovation activities, but that the degree of complementarity is sensitive to … existence of complementarity. We use our empirical methodology to analyze complementarity between innovation activities …: internal research and development (R& D) and external knowledge acquisition. Our results suggest that internal R& D and …

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Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D, External Technology Acquisition and Cooperation

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … development, firms typically are engaged in the acquisition of knowledge on the technology market and cooperate actively in R …

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Diversity of science linkages: A survey of innovation performance effects and some evidence from Flemish firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde; Zuniga, Pluvia - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010), pp. 1-26

associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation …

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