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SUMMARY:Seminar by Prof. Myriam Mariani\, Bocconi University
DTSTART:20190515T120000
DTEND:20190515T133000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Myriam Mariani\, Bocconi University\n"Trained to Lead: E
 vidence from Industrial Research"\n\nAbstract :\n\nBeing able to manage re
 sources and to lead people is a valuable skill for those who master it and
  for their organizations. An ongoing debate\, however\, questions whether 
 these skills relate entirely to some natural talent or whether they can al
 so be learned. We investigate whether being exposed to a training program
 —here\, military service—increases the probability of assuming leaders
 hip responsibilities later in life in the context of industrial research j
 obs\, in which teamwork is common practice and team leaders have key respo
 nsibilities for the development of research projects. We combine individua
 l-level data with a policy discontinuity in the US\, which abandoned the c
 ompulsory draft in 1972\, and\, by employing a difference-in-difference re
 search design\, we find a negative and sizable impact of the policy change
  on the probability of individuals assuming leadership roles. As an indire
 ct effect\, however\, the abandoning of the compulsory draft generates rel
 evant redistribution consequences\, by realigning the gender odds of being
  in leadership positions. Finally\, the elimination of conscription affect
 s the type of leadership\, which becomes less autocratic\, and the type o
 f research projects that leaders supervise\, which are less targeted\, mor
 e science-based\, and more likely to lead to important inventions.\n 
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