Funding of research is critically important because it affects the flow of new, doctorally qualified scientists into … the workforce. This paper provides new insights into how survey data can be combined with administrative records to … examine the ways in which funding affects workforce decisions. We show that NSF supports more graduate students per dollar …

Funding of research is critically important because it affects the flow of new, doctorally qualified scientists into … the workforce. This paper provides new insights into how survey data can be combined with administrative records to … examine the ways in which funding affects workforce decisions. We show that NSF supports more graduate students per dollar …

employers by a state raises the number of star biotech scientists in that state by about 15 percent over a three-year period. A … 22 percent. Most of the gains are due to the relocation of star scientists to adopting states, with limited effect on the … productivity of incumbent scientists already in the state. The gains are concentrated among private sector inventors. We uncover …