Boosting scientific research: evidence from a public program

Rocío Sánchez Mangas and Matteo Triossi
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: César Alonso-Borrego, Rocío Sánchez-Mangas and Antonio Romero Medina

UC3M Working papers. Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía

Abstract: We analyze the design of a unique Spanish public program aimed at recruiting high quality researchers in public research centers: the Ramón y Cajal Program. We claim that, after a number of calls, the program design changed in response to agents' needs. Exploiting data on applications and candidates we find that the new program design led to significant changes in the probability of being awarded with a contract. In particular, opportunities for candidates without attachment to the system were equalized.

Keywords: Brain; gain; Government; research; programs; Human; capital; Differences; in; differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C78 D78 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07
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