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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w20920 |
来源ID | Working Paper 20920 |
Age and the Trying Out of New Ideas | |
Mikko Packalen; Jay Bhattacharya | |
发表日期 | 2015-02-02 |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Older scientists are often seen as less open to new ideas than younger scientists. We put this assertion to an empirical test. Using a measure of new ideas derived from the text of nearly all biomedical scientific articles published since 1946, we compare the tendency of younger and older researchers to try out new ideas in their work. We find that papers published in biomedicine by younger researchers are more likely to build on new ideas. Collaboration with a more experienced researcher matters as well. Papers with a young first author and a more experienced last author are more likely to try out newer ideas than papers published by other team configurations. Given the crucial role that the trying out of new ideas plays in the advancement of science, our results buttress the importance of funding scientific work by young researchers. |
主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20920 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578594 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mikko Packalen,Jay Bhattacharya. Age and the Trying Out of New Ideas. 2015. |
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