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, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
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scientific occupations. Using a survey of recent British graduates from Higher Education we report that fewer than 50% of science … graduates work in a scientific occupation three years after graduation. The wage premium observed for science graduates stems … from occupational choice rather than a science degree. Accounting for selection into subject and occupation, the returns to …
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Science rests upon the reliability of peer review. This paper suggests a way to test for bias. It is able to avoid the …
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well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a …
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We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on...
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One main motive behind lengthy prison terms for serious crime is to deter potential offenders from engaging in crime … discount future events when balancing the immediate utility of the crime and the costs of a potential future punishment. If … various crime indicators from administrative registers spanning over 18 years. Our results show that high discount rates …
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, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social …
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We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...
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changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never … relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant …
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to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …
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