Search Results - "Waldinger, Fabian"
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BOMBS, BRAINS, AND SCIENCE: THE ROLE OF HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CAPITAL FOR THE CREATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Published in The review of economics and statistics (01-12-2016)“…I examine the role of human and physical capital for the creation of scientific knowledge. I address the endogeneity of human and physical capital with two…”
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Quality matters: The expulsion of professors and the consequences for PhD student outcomes in Nazi Germany
Published in Journal of political economy (01-08-2010)“…I investigate the effect of faculty quality on PhD student outcomes. To address the endogeneity of faculty quality I use exogenous variation provided by the…”
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Peer Effects in Science: Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany
Published in The Review of economic studies (01-04-2012)“…This paper analyses peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the quality and the number of peers affect the productivity…”
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Studying abroad and the effect on international labour market mobility: Evidence from the introduction of ERASMUS
Published in The Economic journal (London) (01-03-2011)“…"We investigate the effect of studying abroad on international labour market mobility later in life for university graduates. We exploit the introduction and…”
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German Jewish Émigrés and US Invention
Published in The American economic review (01-10-2014)“…Historical accounts suggest that Jewish émigrés from Nazi Germany revolutionized US science. To analyze the émigrés' effects on chemical innovation in the…”
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FRONTIER KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE COLLAPSE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE
Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01-05-2018)“…We show that World War I and the subsequent boycott against Central scientists severely interrupted international scientific cooperation. After 1914, citations…”
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The selection of high-skilled emigrants
Published in The review of economics and statistics (01-12-2017)“…We measure selection among high-skilled emigrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries are positively selected relative to…”
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Does emigration delay political change? Evidence from Italy during the great recession
Published in Economic policy (01-07-2017)“…International mobility of people brings great opportunities and large overall benefits. Economically stagnant areas, however, may be deprived of talent through…”
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Adult financial literacy and households’ financial assets: the role of bank information policies
Published in Economic policy (01-10-2016)“…We investigate the role of bank information policies in fostering the accumulation of financial knowledge. Exploiting the exogenous variability induced by the…”
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Education and mobility
Published 01-01-2008“…This thesis analyses interconnections between educational policies and different aspects of mobility. In the first chapter I use the dismissal of scientists in…”
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