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Waldinger, Fabian (2010) Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Department of Economics, Bergen University, Bergen, Norway, 03 Sep 2010 (Unpublished)
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This paper analyzes peer e¤ects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether peer quality and the number of peers a¤ect the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer e¤ects are addressed by using the dismissal of scientists by the Nazi government as a source of exogenous variation in the peer group of scientists staying in Germany. Using a newly constructed panel dataset covering the universe of physicists, chemists, and mathematicians at all German universities from 1925 until 1938 I investigate localized peer e¤ects. There is no evidence for peer e¤ects at the local level. This surprising finding is robust for a large number of specification and robustness checks. In a second part of the analysis, I investigate peer e¤ect among co-authors and find that co-author quality is very important for scientific productivity.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Official Date: | 3 September 2010 | ||||
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Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Waldinger, Fabian (2007). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : LSE. London, 09 Oct 2007. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: 3rd ZEW Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting. Mannheim, 13-14 Jun 2008 Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: European Economic Association & Econometric Society Conference. Milan, Italy, 27-31 Aug 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: 10th European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (ESSLE 2008). Buch, Ammersee, 08-12 Oct 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : LSE. London, 28 Oct 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : LSE. London, 28 Oct 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Department of Economics External Research Seminar, University of Essex. Colchester, 04 Dec 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2008). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Department of Economics, Utrecht University. Utrecht, 17 Dec 2008. Waldinger, Fabian (2009). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Department of Economics, Bocconi University. Milan, Italy, 16 Sep 2009. Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Econ 325 Social Science History. Stanford University, 03 Mar 2010. Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Bank of Italy. Italy, 10 Mar 2010. Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Jahrestagung 2010 des Vereins fur Socialpolitik. Kiel, 9 Sep 2010 Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : INSEAD. Fontainebleau, France, 09 Nov 2010. Waldinger, Fabian (2010). Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany. In: Invited Speaker : Faculty Special Seminar, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 03 Feb 2011. | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | Invited Speaker : Department of Economics, Bergen University | ||||
Type of Event: | Other | ||||
Location of Event: | Bergen, Norway | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 03 Sep 2010 | ||||
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