Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,317
Cover Image
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763784
Cover Image
Will You Still Need Me – When I'm 64?
Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969324
Cover Image
A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2014-2015 Edition
Cawley, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This guide, updated for the 2014-15 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959746
Cover Image
A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market (2011-2012 Edition)
Cawley, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This guide, updated for the 2011-12 job market season, describes the U. S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323391
Cover Image
Where Do New Ph.D. Economists Go? Evidence from Recent Initial Job Placements
Chen, Jihui Susan; Liu, Qihong; Billger, Sherrilyn M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We use data from the 2007-2008 Ph.D. economist job market to investigate initial job placement in terms of job location, job type, and job rank. Our results suggest gender differences in all three dimensions of job placement. Relative to their male counterparts, female candidates are less (more)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593198
Cover Image
What Makes a Good Conference? Analysing the Preferences of Labor Economists
Borghans, Lex; Romans, Margo; Sauermann, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample of European labour economists, preferences are measured using the … vignette approach where participants are asked to choose between hypothetical European Association of Labour Economists (EALE … location of the conference. There is substantial heterogeneity in the taste of labour economists especially with respect to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466445
Cover Image
Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimaraes, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how … received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761788
Cover Image
Horizontal Mismatch in the Labour Market of Graduates: The Role of Signalling
Domadenik, Polona; Farčnik, Daša; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We follow Brodaty et al. (2008) and develop a model within the signalling literature where an employer decides whether to hire a worker or not conditionally on the signals she sends – field and length of study and high education (HE) institution. The empirical design of our paper builds on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990942
Cover Image
The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer
Hentschel, Sandra; Muehlheusser, Gerd; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German "Bundesliga". We evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed effects, where we are exploiting the high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959615
Cover Image
How do Principals Assign Students to Teachers? Finding Evidence in Administrative Data and the Implications for Value-added
Dieterle, Steven G.; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The federal government's Race to the Top competition has promoted the adoption of test-based performance measures as a component of teacher evaluations throughout many states, but the validity of these measures has been controversial among researchers and widely contested by teachers' unions. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252291