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Lessons from the laureates
Breit, William; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2009
This paper uses as source material twenty-three autobiographical essays by Nobel economists presented since 1984 at … one planned in advance but one that evolved via the marketplace for ideas. -- Nobel economists ; economic thought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003799843
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The academic origins of economics faculty
Jones, Todd R.; Sloan, Arielle A. - 2021
We use roster data of 96 top U.S. economics departments to document the academic origins of their tenure-track faculty. Academic origins may have implications for how undergraduate (B.A.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) students are trained and placed, as well as the type of research produced. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802166
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Markets for reputation : evidence on quality and quantity in academe
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Pfann, Gerard A. - 2009
We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by one’s peers and others. The … reputation? Using evidence for academic economists, we find that, conditional on its impact, the quantity of output has no or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925253
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Who said or what said? : estimating ideological bias in views among economists
Javdani, Mohsen; Chang, Ha-joon - 2019
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133338
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Economic science and political influence
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683154
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Jacob Mincer, experience and the distribution of earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784251
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Do men and women-economists choose the same research fields? : Evidence from top-50 departments
Dolado, Juan J. (contributor);  … - 2005
. -- men and women-economists ; research fields ; gender segregation ; path-dependence ; tobit and probit models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287823
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Comparing the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics in Europe and the USA
Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper analyzes the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics, addressing the following questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how relevant is the quality of the training received (i.e....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793403
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Does teaching load affect faculty size?
Becker, William E.; Greene, William H.; Siegfried, John J. - 2009
Random effects estimates using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 16 years reveal that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809030
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
Praag, Mirjam van (contributor);  … - 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/10003479626