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on Sociology of Economics |
| By: | Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia |
| Abstract: | Academic researchers face mobility related decisions throughout their careers. We study the importance of team and organisational characteristics of the home departments for career choices of departing researchers in the fields of science and engineering at higher education institutions in Germany. We find that the organisational environments - the nests - shape career paths. Research funding, research performance in terms of patents and publications as well as the industry ties of department heads shape job choices. In particular, public research grants increase the probability that departing researchers take a research job at a university or public research centre, while grants from industry increase the likelihood that they take a job in industry. Publication performance of the department head relates to R&D jobs in public, but not in industry and patents predict the probability that departing researchers will move to small and medium-sized firms. For these firms seeking technological knowledge from former university employees may be particularly crucial. Academic start-ups are more likely to be a job destination for departing researchers from technical universities, from departments with higher publication output and with a research focus on experimental development. -- |
| Keywords: | R&D,Researcher Mobility,Research Funding,Science-Industry Technology Transfer,Academic Entrepreneurship,Academic Careers |
| JEL: | I23 J24 O3 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:dicedp:153&r=sog |
| By: | Bender, Stefan (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Schmucker, Alexandra (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Dietrich, Iris; Gunselmann, Isabelle; Müller, Dana (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Seth, Stefan (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Zakrocki, Veronika (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]) |
| Abstract: | "The report 20011/13 gives an overview of functions and activities of the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). The general work of the FDZ - to prepare individual datasets and make them available for research purposes - is illustrated by key figures of data use. These figures show that the FDZ has established itself as a provider of high quality individual data in the research landscape. Special attention was also given to the task of making the data available internationally and an increasing engagement in third-party funded research projects. Furthermore, the report 2011/13 documents the way in which the FDZ activities took the form of numerous publications, scientific presentations and events. This brief can also been seen as a roundup of the last 10 years of the FDZ." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) |
| Keywords: | Forschungsdatenzentrum, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, IAB, Jahrbuch |
| Date: | 2014–07–25 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iab:iabfme:201408_de&r=sog |