High productivity at elite institutions comes as no surprise and is, arguably, unimpressive.

The outliers are much more interesting. High productivity with fewer resources. Those are the people I want to meet.

Labor advantages and productivity at elite institutions.

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@hulshof This is so interesting. A simple personal example at Columbia I had a $1500 discretionary fund each year to buy equipment, fund a small student project etc. That kind of cash helped keep several students' projects afloat. Now at a state school I'd LOVE to have access to little pots of cash like that