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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)

Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...

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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and Not Z)

van Praag, Mirjam - 2007

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and …

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First-Author Determinants and the Benefits of Being Professor a (and Not Z)

van Praag, Mirjam; van Praag, B.M.S - 2014

economics. We distinguish two name-ordering outcomes: alphabetic and non -alphabetic. We investigate two questions. (1) What are …: Economists perceive name ordering as a deliberate decision. The usefulness of this deliberation is supported by the answer to our … better for academic economists who have high chances to be a first author. This productivity effect does not become visible …

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The happiness of economists : estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being

Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2014

This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a … survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields … methods developed in labor and conflict economics. We find a positive relationship between the study of economics and …

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Age, cohort and co-authorship

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015

The previously documented trend toward more co- and multi-authored research in economics is partly (perhaps 20 percent …

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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 …