We study the research productivity of new graduates from North American PhD programs in economics from 1986 to 2000. We … find that research productivity drops off very quickly with class rank at all departments, and that the rank of the … our data, for example, Carnegie Mellon's graduates at the 85th percentile of year-six research productivity outperform 85 …

effectiveness. We present data from a randomized controlled trial of a mentoring program for female economists organized by the …

macroeconomic risk. Given the importance of general human capital and the relative ease of publicly observing productivity in … placement, and long-term outcomes for PhD economists from seven programs. Using macro conditions as an instrument for initial … initial placement increases research productivity, which helps to limit the set of economic models that can explain the effect …

In this paper the reading behaviour of economists is examined to see whether particular typesof knowledge - basic and … literature declines with three to fourpercent per year of experience, although researchers and economists with a … mathematicalbackground start with a higher initial stock of knowledge of this type of literature. Businessand government economists …

We surveyed academic economists on their experiences and perceptions of legal consulting. Nearly two-thirds have …

ways. First, after controlling for research productivity, women have less favorable career outcomes. They hold positions at …

We assess the role played by advisory supervision on the early stage productivity of recent PhDs in economics using a … positively related to the academic productivity of graduates. However, students in top institutions do not benefit from working …

This paper ranks Dutch economists using information about publications and citations. Rankings involve the aggregation … that the economists of Erasmus University Rotterdam are the most productive, followed ex aequo by Tilburg University and …