Prizes and Productivity: How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output
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- George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran, 2015. "Prizes and Productivity: How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 50(3), pages 728-758.
- Kirk B. Doran & George J. Borjas, 2013. "Prizes and Productivity- How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output," Working Papers 022, University of Notre Dame, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2013.
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- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2013-09-26 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HRM-2013-09-26 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2013-09-26 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2013-09-26 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-SOG-2013-09-26 (Sociology of Economics)
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