Investments in Early Career Scientists
Donna K. Ginther, Kaye G. Husbands, Bruce A. Weinberg, and Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Organizers
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 |
Massimiliano Coda Zabetta, University of Turin Aldo Geuna, Università degli Studi di Torino It Takes Time but It Pays: International Postdoctoral Mobility and Career Effect in Italian Academia |
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| 9:45 AM |
Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Michael Blomfield, University of Massachusetts, Amherst If You Build It, They Will Come: The Impact of Clinical Trial Experience on African Science |
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| Break | ||
| Industry Jobs: | ||
| 10:45 AM |
Justine Boudou, Harvard University Competing for Scientific Talent: Industry vs. Academia |
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| 11:30 AM |
Michael Roach, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology Academia or Industry? Ability, Preferences, and STEM Doctorate Early Career Choices |
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| Lunch | ||
| Short Presentations: | ||
| 1:00 PM |
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 Addressing the Small-n Problem For The Scientific Workforce |
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| 1:25 PM |
Matthew VanEseltine, University of Michigan Using Linked Administrative Data to Follow Postdoctoral Researchers through COVID Disruptions |
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| 1:50 PM |
Hongyuan Xia, Cornell University Paul W. Dai, MIT Sloan School of Management Peers Matter: The Heterogeneous Effects of Female Peers on Scientists’ Research Focus |
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| Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers: | ||
| 2:15 PM |
Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen Business School Yotam Sofer, Copenhagen Business School Valentina Tartari, Stockholm School of Economics Ready to fly the Nest? How Autonomy Provisions and Mobility Requirements shape Researchers' early Career Choices |
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| Break | ||
| 3:15 PM |
Valerie K. Bostwick, Kansas State University Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER Best and Brightest? The Selectivity of Foreign-Born Ph.D. Recipients in the U.S. |
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| Closing Remarks & Adjourn | ||