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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 … relevant is the quality of the training received (i.e. ranking of institution and supervisor) and the research environment in … received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793403
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Who said or what said? : estimating ideological bias in views among economists
Javdani, Mohsen; Chang, Ha-joon - 2019
, research area, and undergraduate major, with patterns consistent with the existence of ideological bias. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133338
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A decade of editing the European economic review
Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Gal-Or, Esther; Thorvaldur Gylfason; … - 2011
This story describes the circumstances that led to all five of us starting as editors at the same time, the unexpected things we have found, the unanticipated reactions we have encountered, how we worked as an editorial team, the central role of the editorial office manager, how we managed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422205
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Improving the peer review process : a proposed market system
Frijters, Paul; Torgler, Benno - 2016
orient themselves toward navel-gazing research questions of little import to society or even science as a whole, and new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458074
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What's worth knowing? : economists' opinions about economics
Andre, Peter; Falk, Armin - 2021
We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … heterogeneous. Second, most researchers are dissatisfied with the status quo, in terms of both research topics and objectives. Third …, on average, respondents think that economic research should become more policy-relevant, multidisciplinary, risky and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588647
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Inequality indices as tests of fairness
Kanbur, Ravi; Snell, Andy - 2017
Standard income inequality indices can be interpreted as a measure of welfare loss entailed in departures from equality of outcomes, for egalitarian social welfare functions defined on the distribution of outcomes. But such a welfare interpretation has been criticized for a long time on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641764
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Social evolution, corporate culture, and exploitation
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2002
It has been claimed that the market fosters selfishness and thereby undermines the moral basis of society. This thesis has been developed with an emphasis on market exchange. Everyday life is, however, predominantly shaped by interactions in the workplace rather than by shopping behaviour. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415214
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452045
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Does economics make you sexist?
Paredes, Valentina; Paserman, Marco Daniele; Pino, Francisco - 2020
Recent research has highlighted unequal treatment for women in academic economics along several different dimensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212720
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Pay and job rank amongst academic economists in the UK : is gender relevant?
Mumford, Karen; Sechel, Cristina - 2019
This article presents and explores a rich new data source to analyse the determinants of pay and job rank amongst academic Economists in the UK. Characteristics associated with individual productivity and workplace features are found to be important determinants of the relative wage and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022698