Episode 20: Amitabh Chandra and the productivity of scientists

We had the pleasure to record an episode with Amitabh Chandra. We discuss his working paper "Productivity Differences in Fundamental Life-Sciences Discovery" co-authored with Connie Xu. The aim of the paper is to research whether a life scientist's university has an effect on their productivity. To answer this question, they first attempt to measure a scientist's productivity, and then use a movers design to estimate the causal effect of the university on productivity. We end the episode with a conversation about what makes a research idea worth pursuing as well as the purpose and art of presentations.   Guest: Amitabh Chandra (Professor at Harvard)  Hosts: Prithviraj Basumallik and Fanny Tallgren   Timestamps: (4:45) Beginning of the discussion of working paper  (14:38) The results of the paper  (19:17) Movers design used to estimate the causal effect (28:00) What makes a research idea worth pursuing?  (36:36) The purpose and art of presentations

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