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Peer Effects in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151079
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Understanding the Gender Gap in STEM Fields Entrepreneurship
Blume-Kohout, Margaret - 2014
. Recognizing that STEM fields contribute to high-quality job growth and economic innovation, Congress reauthorized the America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014141769
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Tapping into Talent : Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth
Akcigit, Ufuk; Pearce, Jeremy; Prato, Marta - 2020
How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … about the links between talent, higher education, and innovation. We use these facts to calibrate the model and study … when combined with higher education policy that alleviates financial frictions for talented youth. Education and innovation …
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Education, training and skill development policies in Arab Gulf countries: Macro-micro overview
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper uses a combination of secondary and primary data to provide a more comprehensive analysis of education, training and skill development policies in the Gulf countries. Different from earlier studies an interesting element in our analysis is that we discuss both the supply and demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774746
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FORTALEZA ACADÉMICO DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES PÚBLICAS ESTATALES EN MÉXICO EXPRESADA EN UN RANKING NACIONAL
LÓPEZ-LEYVA, Santos - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 12 (2012) 3
Este artículo reporta un ranking que jerarquiza las 39 universidades públicas estatales en México. Las variables son: número de profesores de tiempo completo, profesores con posgrado, profesores con perfil deseable y miembros del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Se integraron cinco grupos...
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The distributional effects of early school stratification: Non-parametric evidence from Germany
Roller, Marcus; Steinberg, Daniel - 2017
The effects of early school stratification on scholastic performance have been subject to controversial debates in educational policy and science. We exploit a unique variation in Lower Saxony, Germany, where performance based tracking was preponed from grade 7 to grade 5 in 2004. We measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933016
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The distributional effects of early school stratification : non-parametric evidence from Germany
Roller, Marcus; Steinberg, Daniel - 2017
The effects of early school stratification on scholastic performance have been subject to controversial debates in educational policy and science. We exploit a unique variation in Lower Saxony, Germany, where performance based tracking was preponed from grade 7 to grade 5 in 2004. We measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790657
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Centre-based versus home-based childcare
Bauchmüller R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261256
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Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Monstad, Karin; Propper, Carol; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2008
In many developed countries a decline in fertility has occurred. This development has been attributed to greater education of women. However, establishing a causal link is difficult as both fertility and education have changed secularly. The contribution of this paper is to study the connection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876377
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ANALYSIS OF THE INTELECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA IN THE LAST DECADE
MIRELA, NICOLOV - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 2, pp. 219-228
recognized sources as available at the time of analysis. The datas are taken from the Proinno Europe site: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/inno-metrics/page/innovation …-union-scoreboard-2011, the last document introduced by European Commision for research develompent and innovation. International scientific … of Doctoral Grant “Implications for innovation, research and development role in the development of Romania's economic …
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