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SUMMARY:Seminar by Dr. Wei Yang Tham\, Harvard University
DTSTART:20191209T120000
DTEND:20191209T133000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Wei Yang Tham\, Harvard University\n"Science\, Interrupted: Ho
 w Scientists Respond to Funding Disruptions"\n\nAbstract\nI study how scie
 ntists respond when funding is interrupted and how it affects their produc
 tivity. I focus on research funded by the National Institutes of Health (N
 IH). In this context\, funding interruptions occur when a grant expires an
 d is not renewed immediately. I find that relative to projects that receiv
 ed funding continuously\, interrupted scientists reduce spending on resear
 ch inputs by 50% per month in the year before a major grant expires. This 
 reduction continues even after funding resumes\, suggesting that there are
  frictions that prevent labs from resuming research activity immediately. 
 The reduction in spending is mitigated when scientists have other grants t
 o draw on. Evidence on the effect of interruptions on productivity is mixe
 d\, suggesting either a small or null effect on publication quantity.
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