Possible ambiguity in the survey question: If the person stops working “for you or anyone for 3 years” that plausibly negates most of their life’s impact, unless they find a great way to build career capital without working for anyone. So with this interpretation, the answers would be something close to the NPV of their life’s impact divided by 3 (ignoring discounting).
Also, did you control for willingness to accept vs pay?
Possible ambiguity in the survey question: If the person stops working “for you or anyone for 3 years” that plausibly negates most of their life’s impact, unless they find a great way to build career capital without working for anyone. So with this interpretation, the answers would be something close to the NPV of their life’s impact divided by 3 (ignoring discounting).
Also, did you control for willingness to accept vs pay?
Sorry if this addressed, I skimmed the post.