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A Firm Scientific Community: Industry Participation and Knowledge Diffusion

Baruffaldi, Stefano; Pöge, 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 …

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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 …

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Returns to Skills and Personnel Management: U.S. DoD Scientists and Engineers

Gibbs, Michael - 2005

workers: civilian scientists and engineers in U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. In contrast to the private sector …

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Scientific (wo)manpower? Gender and the composition and earnings of PhDs in Sweden

Amilon, Anna; Persson, Inga; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 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...

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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 …

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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...

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Mortality and immortality

Rablen, Matthew D.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 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...

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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?

de Grip, Andries; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009

Using a dataset of science and engineering graduates from 12 European countries, we analyse the determinants of labour migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour market opportunities, past migration experience,...

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Your Everyday, Average Academic

Ward, Melanie E. - 1999

The data described in this paper come from a unique cross section study collected by the author, using a postal questionnaire, of five Scottish Universities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt and St. Andrews undertaken in 1995/6. It encompasses detailed information on the personal and...

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Salary and the Gender Salary Gap in the Academic Profession

Ward, Melanie E. - 1999

The academic profession is an occupation in which pay has fallen dramatically, resulting in the setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to examine both pay relativities and mechanisms for pay determination. This paper considers salary determination and the gender salary gap in the academic labour...

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