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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...
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trajectories, and labor market outcomes of a generation of Italian economists with special focus on gender gaps and the role of …
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We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by oneメ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 …
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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 …
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When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in …
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the panel, Charles Fay commissioned a similar discussion by leading economists (Michael Gibbs, Kevin Hallock, Edward …
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behavior in hiring. This paper analyzes the potential of this approach in a randomized experiment with fresh Ph.D. economists …
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This guide, updated for the 2011-12 job market season, describes the U. S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
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with a stylized theory model. Our results also reveal various country/region heterogeneities in the type, location, and …
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We analyze the pay and position of 1,009 faculty members who teach in doctoral-granting economics departments at fifty-three large public universities in the United States. Using the Web of Science, we have identified the journal articles published by these scholars and the number of times each...
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