Sins of Omission and the Practice of Economics

GA Akerlof - Journal of Economic Literature, 2020 - aeaweb.org
This paper advances the proposition that economics, as a discipline, gives rewards that
favor the “hard” and disfavor the “soft.” Such bias leads economic research to ignore …

The research productivity of new PhDs in economics: The surprisingly high non-success of the successful

JP Conley, AS Önder - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014 - aeaweb.org
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 …

Parenthood and productivity of highly skilled labor: Evidence from the groves of academe

M Krapf, HW Ursprung, C Zimmermann - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2017 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of parenthood on the research productivity of academic economists.
Combining the survey responses of nearly 10,000 economists with their publication records …

Predicting early career productivity of PhD economists: Does advisor-match matter?

A García-Suaza, J Otero, R Winkelmann - Scientometrics, 2020 - Springer
We assess the role played by department rank and advisor-match on the early stage
productivity of recent PhDs in economics using a tailor-made data set based on RePEc. After …

Publishing economics: How slow? why slow? is slow productive? fixing slow?

A Hadavand, DS Hamermesh, WW Wilson - 2021 - nber.org
Publishing in economics proceeds much more slowly on average than in the natural
sciences, and more slowly than in other social sciences and finance. It is even relatively …

The authors of economics journals revisited: evidence from a large-scale replication of Hodgson and Rothman (1999)

M Aistleitner, J Kapeller, D Kronberger - Journal of Institutional …, 2023 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we present results from of a large-scale replication of Hodgson and Rothman's
(1999, The Economic Journal, 109 (453): 165–186) seminal analysis of the institutional and …

Willful blindness: The inefficient reward structure in academic research

SJ Liebowitz - Economic Inquiry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines how economics departments judge research articles and assign credit
to authors. It begins with a demonstration that only strictly prorated author credit induces …

Lower-rated publications do lower academics' judgments of publication lists: Evidence from a survey experiment of economists

N Powdthavee, YE Riyanto, JL Knetsch - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018 - Elsevier
Publications in leading journals are widely known to have a positive impact on economists'
judgments of the value of authors' contributions and professional reputations. While …

Effects of print publication lag in dual format journals on scientometric indicators

P Heneberg - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Publication lag between manuscript submission and its final publication is
considered as an important factor affecting the decision to submit, the timeliness of …

Academic productivity before and after tenure: The case of the 'specialist'

JR Faria, P McAdam - Oxford Economic Papers, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Studies suggest research productivity falls after tenure. We have limited choice-theoretic
understanding of why this should occur. We rationalize this as follows. Some scholars are …