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Data for Bombs, brains, and science : the role of human and physical capital for the creation of scientific knowledge Fabian Waldinger (24747130) Science -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- Science World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology Migrated from ePrints This paper analyzes the effects of human capital (HC) and physical capital (PC) for the productivity of science departments. To address the endogeneity of input choices I use two extensive but temporary shocks to the HC and PC of science departments. As HC shock I use the dismissal of mostly Jewish scientists in Nazi Germany. As PC shock I use the destruction of facilities by Allied bombings during WWII. In the short run, a 10 percent to HC lowered departmental productivity by about 0.21sd. A 10 percent shock to PC lowered departmental productivity by about 0.05sd in the short run. While the HC shock persisted until the end of my sample period (1980), departments experiencing a PC shock recovered very quickly (by 1961). Additional results show that the dismissal 'star scientists' was particularly detrimental, and that a fall in the quality of hires was an important mechanism for the persistence of the HC shock.<br><br>Data record consists of 6 STATA data files in .tab and .do format and a readme file. Description of which data files correspond to which results tables can be found in the readme, along with a detailed description of the variables involved. A detailed description of data sources can be found in the online appendix of the paper. 2015-08-10T00:00:00Z Dataset Dataset 10.7910/DVN/HWTW20 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_for_Bombs_brains_and_science_the_role_of_human_and_physical_capital_for_the_creation_of_scientific_knowledge/33802468 CC BY 4.0