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Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey …
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there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … reforms of the last decade. Female postdocs show significantly higher research incentives but otherwise we find little gender …
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Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...
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This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …
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Adopting a dynamic perspective, this paper investigates age-related staffing patterns in German establishments and their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce rejuvenation - from the inflow of younger or from outflows of older...
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diversity suggests positive effects of gender diverse boards on corporate governance and even firm performance. The mechanism …
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This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
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On Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, editors who contribute to the same articles and exchange comments on articles' talk pages work in collaborative manner engaging in communication about their work. Thus they can be considered as peers who are likely to influence each other. In this...
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Applying a differences-in-differences strategy, I study the decentralization of university admission as a natural experiment. Is the centralized or decentralized procedure better suited to match prospective students to universities? The analysis uses administrative data on all students within...
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