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Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

scientific occupations. Using a survey of recent British graduates from Higher Education we report that fewer than 50% of science … graduates work in a scientific occupation three years after graduation. The wage premium observed for science graduates stems … from occupational choice rather than a science degree. Accounting for selection into subject and occupation, the returns to …

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Religion and Innovation

Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015

, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …

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Can we test for bias in scientific peer-review?

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2008

Science rests upon the reliability of peer review. This paper suggests a way to test for bias. It is able to avoid the …

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The elite brain drain

Hunter, Rosalind S.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Charlton, Bruce G. - 2009

We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on...

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Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009

well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a …

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Religion and Innovation

Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …

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To be or not to be... a scientist?

Chevalier, Arnaud - 2012

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Labor Market Effects of High School Science Majors in a High STEM Economy

Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018

This paper explores the association between studying science at the higher secondary stage and labor market earnings … show that those who studied science in high school have 22% greater earnings than those who studied business and humanities …, even after controlling for several measures of ability. These higher earnings among science students are further enhanced …

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Labor Market Effects of High School Science Majors in a High STEM Economy

Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018

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An Advisor Like Me? Advisor Gender and Post-Graduate Careers in Science

Gaule, Patrick; Piacentini, Mario - 2017

We investigate whether having an advisor of the same gender is correlated with the productivity of PhD science students … and their propensity to stay in academic science. Our analysis is based on an original dataset covering nearly 20,000 PhD …-representation of women in science and engineering faculty positions may perpetuate itself through the lower availability of same …

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