Investments in Early Career Scientists
Organized by Donna K. Ginther, Kaye G. Husbands, Bruce A. Weinberg, and Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 26, 2024
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Friday, April 26
Continental Breakfast
Welcome
International Postdocs:
9:00 AM

It Takes Time but It Pays: International Postdoctoral Mobility and Career Effect in Italian Academia (slides)

Massimiliano Coda Zabetta, University of Turin
Aldo Geuna, Università degli Studi di Torino
9:45 AM

If You Build It, They Will Come: The Impact of Clinical Trial Experience on African Science

Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Michael Blomfield, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Break
Industry Jobs:
10:45 AM

Competing for Scientific Talent: Industry vs. Academia

Justine Boudou, Harvard University
11:30 AM

Academia or Industry? Ability, Preferences, and STEM Doctorate Early Career Choices

Michael Roach, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology
Lunch
Short Presentations:
1:00 PM

Addressing the Small-n Problem For The Scientific Workforce

Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College
Gerald R. Marschke, State University of New York at Albany and NBER
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER
1:25 PM

Using Linked Administrative Data to Follow Postdoctoral Researchers through COVID Disruptions

Matthew VanEseltine, University of Michigan
1:50 PM

Peers Matter: The Heterogeneous Effects of Female Peers on Scientists’ Research Focus

Hongyuan Xia, Cornell University
Paul W. Dai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers:
2:15 PM

Ready to fly the Nest? How Autonomy Provisions and Mobility Requirements shape Researchers' early Career Choices

Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen Business School
Yotam Sofer, Copenhagen Business School
Valentina Tartari, Stockholm School of Economics
Break
3:15 PM

Best and Brightest? The Selectivity of Foreign-Born Ph.D. Recipients in the U.S.

Valerie K. Bostwick, Kansas State University
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER
Closing Remarks & Adjourn