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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Will you still need me - when I'm 64?
van Ours, Jan C. - 2009
For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276111
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Will You Still Need Me – When I'm 64?
Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969324
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A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2016–2017 Edition
Cawley, John - 2016
This guide, updated for the 2016-17 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653128
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Comparing the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics in Europe and the USA
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how … received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269172
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What makes a good conference? Analysing the preferences of labor economists
Borghans, Lex; Romans, Margo; Sauermann, Jan - 2010
respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample of European labour economists, preferences are measured using the … vignette approach where participants are asked to choose between hypothetical European Association of Labour Economists (EALE … location of the conference. There is substantial heterogeneity in the taste of labour economists especially with respect to …
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Documenting and Explaining the Dramatic Rise of the New Society Journals in Economics
Ham, John C.; Wright, Julian; Ye, Ziqiu - 2023
An important recent event in the economics field is the introduction of seven new society journals. Using standard iterative ranking methodologies from economics, as well as some new methodologies, we demonstrate the spectacular rise of these journals while updating journal rankings for all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377240
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A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2014-2015 Edition
Cawley, John H. - 2014
This guide, updated for the 2014-15 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409390
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A guide and advice for economists on the US junior academic job market (2011-2012 edition)
Cawley, John - 2011
This guide, updated for the 2011-12 job market season, describes the U. S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280697
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Where do new Ph.D. economists go? Evidence from recent initial job placements
Chen, Jihui; Liu, Qihong; Billger, Sherrilyn M. - 2012
We use data from the 2007-2008 Ph.D. economist job market to investigate initial job placement in terms of job location, job type, and job rank. Our results suggest gender differences in all three dimensions of job placement. Relative to their male counterparts, female candidates are less (more)...
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