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of Science. As average team size in a field increased over time, junior academic scientists became less likely to secure … individual, in response to team science. Failing to address these concerns means a significant loss as junior scientists exit …
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This paper examines the relationship between placement of publications in Top Five (T5) journals and receipt of tenure in academic economics departments. Analyzing the job histories of tenure-track economists hired by the top 35 U.S. economics departments, we find that T5 publications have a...
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We document wide and persistent variation in women's representation and success across graduate programs in economics. Using new data on early career outcomes for recent graduates, including first job placement, publications and promotion, we compare (anonymized) departments on outcomes for...
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postdoctoral fellowship awards have the potential to promote retention of scientists in NIH-funded research and in the biomedical …
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? To investigate this question, we use machine-learning methods to link scientists in a comprehensive biographical … influences peer recognition, even conditional on participation: Scientists from high-SES families have 38% higher odds of … confirms the strong link between childhood SES and becoming a star. Applying text analysis to assign scientists to disciplines …
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We use a large dataset of approximately 1500 physicists employed by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France to investigate the role of cumulative advantage in their publication career. Measuring output by time series of the number of publications and the number of...
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opportunities for extending and applying our framework as well as implications for scientists and policy makers …
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Older scientists are often seen as less open to new ideas than younger scientists. We put this assertion to an …
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This article examines the relationship between Research & Development (R&D) funding and the production of knowledge by academic chemists. Using articles published, either raw counts or adjusted for quality, we find a strong, positive causal effect of funding on knowledge production. This effect...
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Many economists believe knowledge production generates positive spillovers among knowledge producers. The available evidence, however, is mixed. We argue that spillovers can exist along three dimensions (idea, geographic, and collaboration space). To isolate the key channel through which...
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