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Women in Science. Lessons from the Baby Boom
Kim, Scott Daewon; Moser, Petra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
and publications, for 83,000 American scientists in 1956 at the height of the baby boom. Our analyses reveal a unique life …-cycle pattern of productivity for mothers. While other scientists peak in their mid-thirties, mothers become more productive after … 15 years of marriage, while other scientists peak in the first 10 years. Differences in the timing of productivity have …
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As Science Evolves, How Can Science Policy?
Jones, Benjamin - 2010
rights and research grants) as evaluator expertise narrows, and (c) providing appropriate effort incentives as scientists …
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Age and the Trying Out of New Ideas
Packalen, Mikko - 2015
Older scientists are often seen as less open to new ideas than younger scientists. We put this assertion to an …
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The Earnings of Scientists, 1960-1970 : Experience, Age and Vintage Effects
Weiss, Yoram - 1975
American scientists in the period 1960-1970 …
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"Though Much is Taken" -- Reflections on Aging, Health, and Medical Care
Fuchs, Victor R. - 1984
The Medicare trust funds face huge prospective deficits by the end of this decade.This paper discusses trends in six areas that bear on the Medicare problem: the number of the elderly, their health status, use of medical care, labor force participation, income, and living arrangements. Among the...
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Age, Experience and Wage Growth
Lazear, Edward P. - 1974
During the past decade, much has been said about the role that on-the-job training plays in augmenting one's stock of human capital. Up to this point, little has been done to distinguish the effect of on-the-job training from that of aging on the increase in human wealth. The reason rests...
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Is Happiness U-shaped Everywhere? Age and Subjective Well-being in 132 Countries
Blanchflower, David G. - 2020
I draw systematic comparisons across 109 data files and 132 countries of the relationship between well-being, variously defined, and age. I produce 444 significant country estimates with controls, so these are ceteris paribus effects, and find evidence of a well-being U-shape in age in one...
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Unhappiness and age
Blanchflower, David G. - 2020
I examine the relationship between unhappiness and age using data from six well-being data files on nearly ten million respondents across forty European countries and the United States. I use fifteen different individual characterizations of unhappiness including despair; anxiety; loneliness;...
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The Age Profile of Life-satisfaction After Age 65 in the U.S
Hudomiet, Péter - 2020
Although income and wealth are frequently used as indicators of well-being, they are increasingly augmented with subjective measures such as life satisfaction to capture broader dimensions of individuals' well-being. Based on data from large surveys of individuals, life satisfaction in...
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Happiness and Aging in the United States
Blanchflower, David G. - 2020
The past decade has brought increasing concern, in countries all over the world, of declines in mental health and well-being. Across countries, chronic depression and suicide rates peak in midlife. In the U.S., deaths of despair are most likely to occur in these years, and the patterns are...
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