Productivity and mobility in academic research: evidence from mathematicians

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• 作者：Pierre Dubois (1)
  Jean-Charles Rochet (2)
  Jean-Marc Schlenker (3)
  
• 关键词：Faculty productivity ; Organization of research ; Peer effects in science ; D85 ; I23 ; J24 ; L31
• 刊名：Scientometrics
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：March 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：98
• 期：3
• 页码：1669-1701
• 全文大小：342 KB
• 作者单位：Pierre Dubois (1)
  Jean-Charles Rochet (2)
  Jean-Marc Schlenker (3)
  
  1. Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France
  2. Swiss Finance Institute and Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  3. Mathematics Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Campus Kirchberg, BLG, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, 1359, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
  
• ISSN：1588-2861

文摘

Using an exhaustive database on academic publications in mathematics all over the world, we study the patterns of productivity by mathematicians over the period 1984-006. We uncover some surprising facts, such as the weakness of age related decline in productivity and the relative symmetry of international movements, rejecting the presumption of a massive “brain drain-towards the US. We also analyze the determinants of success by top US departments. In conformity with recent studies in other fields, we find that selection effects are much stronger than local interaction effects: the best departments are most successful in hiring the most promising mathematicians, but not necessarily at stimulating positive externalities among them. Finally we analyze the impact of career choices by mathematicians: mobility almost always pays, but early specialization does not.