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An advisor like me? : advisor gender and post-graduate careers in science
Gaulé, Patrick; Piacentini, Mario - 2017
We investigate whether having an advisor of the same gender is correlated with the productivity of PhD science students and their propensity to stay in academic science. Our analysis is based on an original dataset covering nearly 20,000 PhD graduates and their advisors from U.S. chemistry...
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Gender and career progression in academia : European evidence
Morettini, Lucio; Tani, Massimiliano - 2023
We study career trajectories of university researchers in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the speed of career progression by gender. Using the panel data collected by the MORE project (Mobility Survey of the Higher Education Sector) - a longitudinal database that gathers survey responses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287016
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Returns to skills and personnel management : U.S. DoD scientists and engineers
Gibbs, Michael (contributor) - 2005
workers: civilian scientists and engineers in U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. In contrast to the private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002694231
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A firm scientific community: industry participation and knowledge diffusion
Baruffaldi, Stefano Horst; Poege, Felix - 2020
We study the diffusion of knowledge from scientists to firms within scientific communities. We build on a unique … flights as an instrumental variable for the participation choice of scientists between a conference where a firm participates … with scientists that remain external to the firm are likely a key mechanism of this diffusion. The effects are remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242837
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Revenge of the experts: will COVID-19 renew or diminish public trust in science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Saka, Orkun - 2020
science and scientists. Building on the "impressionable years hypothesis" that attitudes are durably formed during the ages 18 … reduces trust in scientists and in the benefits of their work. We also illustrate that the decline in trust is driven by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315543
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Scientific (wo)manpower? : gender and the composition and earnings of PhDs in Sweden
Amilon, Anna (contributor); Persson, Inga (contributor);  … - 2008
Although the share of female PhDs has increased explosively since the 1980s, little research has focused on the utilisation and remuneration of female versus male scientific human capital. Using rich Swedish cross-sectional register data on the stock of PhDs in 2004, this paper analyses to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784385
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The elite brain drain
Hunter, Rosalind S.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Charlton, Bruce G. - 2009
We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the … large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on whether migration improves scientists' productivity, but we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809685
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How large is the compensating wage differential for R&D workers?
Dupuy, Arnaud; Smits, Wendy - 2009
The aim of this paper is to measure the extent to which lower wages in R&D functions reflect a preference effect. In contrast to the bulk of the literature on compensating wage differentials that compares wage levels of jobs with different attributes, we constructed measures of willingness to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848561
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Mortality and immortality
Rablen, Matthew D. (contributor);  … - 2007
It has been known for centuries that the rich and famous have longer lives than the poor and ordinary. Causality, however, remains trenchantly debated. The ideal experiment would be one in which status and money could somehow be dropped upon a sub-sample of individuals while those in a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003527566
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Creating new administrative data to describe the scientific workforce : the STAR METRICS program
Lane, Julia; Schwarz, Lou - 2012
In common with many countries, the substantial United States investment in R&D is characterized by limited documentation of the nature and results of those investments (MacIlwain 2010, Marburger 2005). Despite the increased calls for reporting by key stakeholders, current data systems cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548154