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Waldinger, Fabian (2015) Data for Bombs, brains, and science : the role of human and physical capital for the creation of scientific knowledge. [Dataset]
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the effects of human capital (HC) and physical capital (PC) for the productivity of science departments. To address the endogeneity of input choices I use two extensive but temporary shocks to the HC and PC of science departments. As HC shock I use the dismissal of mostly Jewish scientists in Nazi Germany. As PC shock I use the destruction of facilities by Allied bombings during WWII. In the short run, a 10 percent to HC lowered departmental productivity by about 0.21sd. A 10 percent shock to PC lowered departmental productivity by about 0.05sd in the short run. While the HC shock persisted until the end of my sample period (1980), departments experiencing a PC shock recovered very quickly (by 1961). Additional results show that the dismissal 'star scientists' was particularly detrimental, and that a fall in the quality of hires was an important mechanism for the persistence of the HC shock.
Item Type: | Dataset | ||||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II Q Science > Q Science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
Type of Data: | Observational data | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science -- History -- 20th century, World War, 1914-1918 -- Science, World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology | ||||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||||
Official Date: | 10 August 2015 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.7910/DVN/HWTW20 | ||||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Media of Output (format): | .tab .do | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | University of Warwick | ||||||
Description: | Data record consists of 6 STATA data files in .tab and .do format and a readme file. |
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