We analyze a competitive research-oriented public program established in Spain, the Ramon yCajal Program, intended to offer contracts in public research centers to high-quality researchers.We study the effects of the Program on the ex-post scientific productivity of its recipients, relativeto...

The central aim of this report is to identify policy trends on national levels and across all six ERA dimensions, the latter as set out by in the 2007 ERA Green Paper. In particular, the report sheds light on those national policy developments driven by EU/ERA level activities, and on the...