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Leadership and the research productivity of university departments
Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - 2014
's future research output. After adjustment for a range of personal and institutional characteristics, departmental research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236450
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions : an evaluation of the junior achievement student mini-company program
Oosterbeek, Hessel (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship … education ; program evaluation ; entrepreneur competencies ; entrepreneur intentions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003747661
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Entrepreneurship, education and the fourth industrial revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
. In order for the continent to benefit from the 4IR more needs to be done to improve entrepreneurship and education. A … number of policy recommendations for 4IRcompatible entrepreneurship and education policies are made. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694809
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Leadership skills and wages
Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Weinberger, Catherine - 2002
American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it rewarded in labor markets? Using the Project Talent, NLS72 and High School and Beyond datasets, we show that men who occupied leadership positions in high school earn more as adults,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411183
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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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Citations in economics : measurement, uses and impacts
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015
heterogeneity in productivity. Throughout, the discussion summarizes earlier work. I survey research on the impacts of citations on … salaries and non-monetary rewards and discuss how citations reflect judgments about research quality in economics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427822
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Changing faculty employment at four-year colleges and universities in the United States
Zhang, Liang; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Liu, Xiangmin - 2015
We use panel data models to examine variations and changes in faculty employment at four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The share of part-time faculty among total faculty has continued to grow during the last two decades, while the share of full-time lecturers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427843
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Publishing trends in economics across colleges and universities, 1991 - 2007
Winkler, Anne E.; Levin, Sharon G.; Stephan, Paula E.; … - 2011
and rising research expectations. -- higher education ; research productivity ; publishing trends ; inequality …There is good reason to think that non-elite programs in economics may be producing relatively more research than in … the past: Research expectations have been ramped-up at non-PhD institutions and new information technologies have changed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516870
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The academic origins of economics faculty
Jones, Todd R.; Sloan, Arielle A. - 2021
well as the type of research produced. We find that faculty educated at top-ranked Ph.D. universities are overrepresented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802166
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The effect of peer gender on major choice in business school
Zölitz, Ulf; Feld, Jan - 2020
Business degrees are popular and lead to high earnings. Female business graduates, however, earn less than their male counterparts. These gender differences can be traced back to university, where women shy away from majors like finance that lead to high earnings. In this paper, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239613