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Expertise and independence on governing boards : evidence from school districts
Shi, Ying; Singleton, John D. - 2019
In this paper, we study the roles of expertise and independence on governing boards in the context of education. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022756
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Why has science become an old man's game?
Fons-Rosen, Christian; Gaulé, Patrick; Hrendash, Taras - 2023
We investigate the causes and consequences of the aging of the scientific workforce. Using novel data on the population of US chemistry faculty members over fifty years, we find that the secular increase in the age of the academic workforce has been mainly driven by the slowdown in faculty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014326208
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (on ethnicity, religion and war)
Iyigun, Murat (contributor) - 2008
The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire's unique culture and institutions to examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726794
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Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896161
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Why do women leave science and engineering?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2012
from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of … other fields once women's relatively high exit rates from male fields generally are taken into account. -- science and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629002
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Perceptions and practices of replication by social and behavioral scientists : making replications a mandatory element of curricula would be useful
Fecher, Benedikt; Fräßdorf, Mathis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2016
hallmark of good scientific practice and it has lately become a key concern for research communities and science policy makers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458085
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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
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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 economics of replication
Müller-Langer, Frank; Fecher, Benedikt; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2017
Replication studies are considered a hallmark of good scientific practice. Yet they are treated among researchers as an ideal to be professed but not practiced. To provide incentives and favorable boundary conditions for replication practice, the main stakeholders need to be aware of what drives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607618
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Superstar economists : coauthorship networks and research output
Hsieh, Chih-sheng; König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong; … - 2018
institutions and compare them with the economics funding program of the National Science Foundation. Our results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946463