The paper studies the patent productivity of scientists over their life cycle. The incentives for patenting and for … publishing are compared and how they shape life cycle productivity. In most empirical studies, publication productivity decreases … productivity over the life time. In the empirical part the patents of nearly 1000 German patent active professors are analyzed. The …

-post scientific productivity of its recipients, relative to unsuccessful applicants with comparable curricula at the time of …

productivity only when it is coupled with a high-wage policy. This holds for individual-based performance pay, group …

International evidence suggests that aggregate productivity growth is driven by the within-industry reallocation of …. Accordingly, this paper exploits firm-level data to explore the nature of productivity-enhancing labour reallocation in Australia … aggregate level of productivity in Australia. Moreover, we show that the Australian economy is more successful at reallocating …