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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … productivity, to a "Marxian" zone where the paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given good … more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401020
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Leadership and the research productivity of university departments
Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - 2014
productivity improves when the incoming department Chair's publications are highly cited. A one SD increase in citations is … associated with a 0.5 SD later rise in departmental productivity. By contrast, the quality-weighted publication record per se of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236450
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New linked data on research investments : scientific workforce, productivity, and public value
Lane, Julia; Owen-Smith, Jason; Rosen, Rebecca; … - 2014
Longitudinal micro-data derived from transaction level information about wage and vendor payments made by federal grants on multiple U.S. campuses are being developed in a partnership involving researchers, university administrators, representatives of federal agencies, and others. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417966
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The transatlantic productivity gap : is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235193
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North-South technology spillovers : the relative impact of openness and foreign R&D
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2008
larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. -- Technology diffusion ; R&D ; openness ; North-South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003661550
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Estimating the need for PhDs in the academic sector via a survey of employers
Masso, Jaan (contributor); Eamets, Raul (contributor);  … - 2007
The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academic sector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities, institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in all countries around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561646
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Bonus payments, hierarchy levels and tenure : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Grund, Christian; Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
Using data on executive compensation for the German chemical industry, we investigate the relevance of two theoretical approaches that focus on bonuses as part of a long term wage policy of a firm. The first approach argues that explicit bonuses serve as substitutes for implicit career concerns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155574
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Up or out : research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534097
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Research parasites are beneficial for the organism as a whole : competition between researchers creates a symbiotic relationship
Fecher, Benedikt; Wagner, Gert G. - 2016
In the New England Journal of Medicine, Longo and Drazen critically assessed the concept of data sharing. Their main concern is that a "new class of research person will emerge" that uses data, which were gathered by other researchers, for their own original research questions. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458081
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Did cheaper flights change the direction of science?
Catalini, Christian; Fons-Rosen, Christian; Gaulé, Patrick - 2016
We test how a reduction in travel cost affects the rate and direction of scientific research. Using a fine-grained, scientist-level dataset within chemistry (1991-2012), we find that after Southwest Airlines enters a new route, scientific collaboration increases by 50%, an effect that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458087