Chapter 9

Appointment, Promotion, and Mobility of Bioscience Researchers in Japan

Cornelia Lawson1,2,3,  and Sotaro Shibayama4     1Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti De Martiis, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy     2BRICK, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Turin, Italy     3School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK     4Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Using a data set of 370 bioscience professors in Japan, this chapter investigates the effect of PhD training, early career job transition, and international mobility on a professor's probability of both placement at a highly ranked institution and promotion. We found that ...

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