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Why Tu Youyou Makes Less Money Than Zhang Ziyi?

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Scientists normally earn less money than many other professions which require a similar amount of training and qualification. The economic theory of marginal utility and cost-benefit analysis can be applied to explain this phenomenon. Although scientists make less money than entertainment stars, the scientists do research work out of their interest and they also enjoy a much higher reputation and social status in some countries.

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  1. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-2269520/Best-paid-jobs-2012-Official-figures-national-average-UK-salaries-400-occupations.html.

  2. http://club.china.com/data/thread/1011/2785/85/70/7_1.html.

  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist.

  4. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/value-theory/.

  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility.

  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_value.

  7. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/inside_higher_ed/2015/07/when_the_economy_is_weak_college_students_flee_liberal_arts_subjects.html.

  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research.

  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave.

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  1. School of Engineering and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Qinghui Suo & Daming Zhang

  2. School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, 124221, China

    Yang Liu

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Suo, Q., Liu, Y. & Zhang, D. Why Tu Youyou Makes Less Money Than Zhang Ziyi?. Sci Eng Ethics 23, 1233–1235 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-016-9837-3

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