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ante players’ abilities. It is found that a larger prize spread encourages women to increase effort, even when controlling … games and underdogs to be less performing. They also show that the performance differential between players increases with …
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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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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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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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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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sudden increase in labour force participation and unemployment during this period. However, since these individuals would …
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We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals’ wage formation in France. Our …
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Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may … virtually no cost. We focus on low-skilled women who have recently given birth. We take account of program accessibility …
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by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the … endogenous participation decision predicts the revenue ordering that we see in the field. …
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