@article{1479016,
      recid = {1479016},
      author = {Stephan, Paula, },
      title = {How Economics Shapes Science /},
      pages = {1 online resource (384 p.) :},
      abstract = {The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the  practice of science costs money. And scientists, being  human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory.  Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write  and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or  going into something new-the payoff may be tenure or a job  at a highly ranked university or a prestigious award or a  bump in salary. The risk may be not getting any of that.At  a time when science is seen as an engine of economic  growth, Paula Stephan brings a keen understanding of the  ongoing cost-benefit calculations made by individuals and  institutions as they compete for resources and reputation.  She shows how universities offload risks by increasing the  percentage of non-tenure-track faculty, requiring tenured  faculty to pay salaries from outside grants, and staffing  labs with foreign workers on temporary visas. With funding  tight, investigators pursue safe projects rather than less  fundable ones with uncertain but potentially path-breaking  outcomes. Career prospects in science are increasingly  dismal for the young because of ever-lengthening  apprenticeships, scarcity of permanent academic positions,  and the difficulty of getting funded.Vivid, thorough, and  bold, How Economics Shapes Science highlights the growing  gap between the haves and have-nots-especially the vast  imbalance between the biomedical sciences and  physics/engineering-and offers a persuasive vision of a  more productive, more creative research system that would  lead and benefit the world.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479016},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674062757},
}