Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 106
Cover Image
The Retraction Lessons That May Require Academic Publishing to Change
Vuong, Quan Hoang - 2019
In this paper, we present some striking facts learned from a random subsampling of the global database of retracted academic papers, which have not been reported before and not discussed in the recent (famous) paper in Science by Brainard and You (Science 2019, doi:10.1126/science.aav8384). Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865803
Cover Image
Retraction Data Can Bring More Insights and Implications for Not Just Authors and Their Institutions, but Funders, Policy-Makers, and Editors
Vuong, Quan Hoang - 2019
Although retractions are commonly considered as negative outcomes, the fact remains that they play a positive role in the academic community, for instance, help scientific enterprise perform its self-correcting function; become lessons learned for future researchers; represent social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865817
Cover Image
The German excellence initiative and efficiency change among universities, 2001-2011
Gawellek, Bastian; Sunder, Marco - 2016
The "Excellence Initiative" is a prestigious third-party funding program for German universities, organized as a research contest. We investigate whether universities in this program (or that prepared an application) had different trends in terms of productivity and technical efficiency than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420348
Cover Image
Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education
Holmlund, Bertil; Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2006
This paper estimates the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321632
Cover Image
Lost, dysfunctional or evolving? A view of business schools from Silicon Valley
Eischen, Kyle; Singh, Nirvikar - 2005
Recent articles have rekindled discussions around the direction and relevance of US business schools. The two main … viewpoints are distinct but equally critical. On one hand, business schools are considered overly focused on scientific research … and having lost their connection to real world and management issues. On the other hand, schools are considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322722
Cover Image
Mobility of students and quality of higher education: An empirical analysis of the "Unified Brain Drain" model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2013
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a unified brain drain model that incorporates the decisions of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335996
Cover Image
Globalization and migration: A "unified brain drain" model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2012
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We develop a unified brain drain model that incorporates the decisions of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336067
Cover Image
The returns to college choice: Loans, scholarships and labor outcomes
Montoya, Ana Maria; Noton Norambuena, Carlos; Solis, Alex - 2018
To estimate causal effects of college choice, we exploit eligibility rules for student loans in a regression discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to technical education. Although higher education is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013519
Cover Image
Is brain drain passé? The optimal timing of migration
Brezis, Elise S. - 2018
This paper sheds a new perspective on models of migration by integrating in a same structure the decisions about education and work; and by incorporating return migration with "brain waste". Brain waste is defined as the depreciation, due to migration, in the human capital acquired in the home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057424
Cover Image
Should individuals migrate before acquiring education or after? A new model of brain waste vs. brain drain
Brezis, Elise S. - 2019
Should individuals migrate before acquiring education or after? In order to analyze the optimality of the timing of migration, I develop a model of migration, which combines the two migration decisions into a unique model - decisions about where to get an education and decision about where to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057428