Age and the trying out of new ideas

The aging of the scientific workforce and graying of grant recipients are central concerns in science policy. These trends are potentially important because older scientists are often seen as less open to new ideas than younger scientists. Here we put this hypothesis to an empirical test. A text ana...

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Main Authors: Bhattacharya, J. (Author), Packalen, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
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