Age and Complementarity in Scientific Collaboration

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Age and Complementarity in Scientific Collaboration

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ID	3850406
Author(s)	Krapf, Matthias
Author(s) at UniBasel	Krapf, Matthias
Year	2015
Title	Age and Complementarity in Scientific Collaboration
Journal	Empirical economics
Volume	49
Number	2
Pages / Article-Number	751-781
Abstract	I model research quality as the outcome of a CES production technology that uses human capital measured by publication records as inputs. Investigating a sample of scientific publications with two co-authors, I show that the CES-complementarity parameter is a function of the age difference of the authors. Complementarity is maximized if the age difference between the authors is about 10 years. Two theories are presented which may explain this finding. According to these models, older and younger researchers differ not only in their skill levels but also in the types of their skills and their interpersonal relationships.
Publisher	PHYSICA-VERLAG GMBH & CO
ISSN/ISBN	0377-7332
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Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1007/s00181-014-0885-8
ISI-Number	WOS:000358935300015
Document type (ISI)	Article

25/04/2024

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