2 papers
econ.GN2025
A Quarter of US-Trained Scientists Eventually Leave. Is the US Giving Away Its Edge?
Dror Shvadron, Hansen Zhang, Lee Fleming +1
Using newly-assembled data from 1980 through 2024, we show that 25% of scientifically-active, US-trained STEM PhD graduates leave the US within 15 years of graduating. Leave rates…
econ.GN2025
Bread Upon the Waters: Corporate Science and the Benefits from Follow-On Public Research
Dror Shvadron
Why do firms produce scientific research and make it available to the public, including their rivals? Prior literature has emphasized the tension between imitation risks from discl…