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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 on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal...
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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, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M.S. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325380
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276299
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the conven-tion 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, Pro-fessor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276970
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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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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) due to different research styles of scholars in different birth cohorts (of different ages). Most of the trend reflects profession-wide changes in research style. Older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477885
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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777263
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What Makes a Good Conference? Analysing the Preferences of Labor Economists
Borghans, Lex - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144932
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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
: 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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