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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 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...
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Health Dynamics Shape Life-Cycle Incomes
Kotschy, Rainer Franz - 2019
-cycle income profiles slope more strongly at the beginning and at the end of work life, such that age becomes a more prominent …
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Is the Bar Higher for Female Scholars? Evidence from Career Steps in Economics
Johannesen, Niels; Muchardt, Simon - 2024
question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four …
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Nobel Students Beget Nobel Professors
Tol, Richard S.J - 2022
It is unclear whether the hierarchy in the economics profession is the result of the agglomeration of excellence or of nepotism. I construct the professor-student network for laureates of and candidates for the Nobel Prize in Economics. I study the effect of proximity to previous Nobelists on...
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What's Worth Knowing? Economists' Opinions About Economics
Falk, Armin; Andre, Peter - 2021
We document economists’ opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer …
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Cost and benefit of apprenticeship training: a comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Dionisius, Regina; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2008
For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyzes based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...
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Beyond the classroom: Using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
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The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
-individual fixed effects models, we document substantial expected labor market returns from signaling, whereas perceived productivity …
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So Similar and yet so Different: A Comparative Analysis of a Firm's Cost and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training in Austria and Switzerland
Moretti, Luca; Mayerl, Martin; Muehlemann, Samuel; … - 2017
The authors compare a firm’s costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border,...
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The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2021
-individual fixed effects models, we document substantial expected labor market returns from signaling, whereas perceived productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315250