Friday, November 5

8:00 am

Welcome: Donna K. Ginther, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.

8:10 am

Keynote: Carthage Smith, OECD Global Science Forum
Precarity and the Research Workforce of the Future (slides)

8:45 am

How Many Researchers Are There in the World? (slides)

Davut Ayan, University of Kansas
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Laurel Haak, Mighty Red Barn

PhDs to Postdocs

9:05 am

What Makes a Productive Ph.D. Student?

Alberto Corsini, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d'Azur
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University

9:30 am

The Impact of Research Independence on PhD Students’ Careers: Large-Scale Evidence from France

Sofia Patsali, Université Côte d'Azur
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d'Azur
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University

9:55 am

What's Another Year? The Lengthening Training and Career Paths of Scientists

Stephanie D. Cheng, Edgeworth Economics

10:30 am

Break

Postdocs and Careers

10:45 am

Does Postdoctoral Training Raise the Likelihood of Pursuing a Career in Research and Development? (slides)

Jodi E. Basner Wan-Ying Chang, National Science Foundation
Anand Desai, Clarivate Analytics
Kelly Phou, National Science Foundation

11:05 am

Does US Science Under-Invest in International Post-Doctoral Scholars? Evidence from the ECDS

Shulamit Kahn, Boston University
Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER

11:35 am

Task Mismatch and Salary Penalties: Evidence from the Biomedical PhD Labor Market

Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College
Gerald R. Marschke, State University of New York at Albany and NBER

12:15 pm

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps: Donna K. Ginther

12:30 pm

Adjourn