This study delves into the implications of faculty's multidisciplinary educational backgrounds
on their academic placement and upward mobility, and underscores the moderating effects …

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 …

As part of a longitudinal study, we examined Stage 3 of the doctoral student experience by
further testing and refining the notion of a parallel process of identity development as student …

In this paper, I analyze the 'best paper'prizes given by economics and finance journals to the
best article published in their journal in a given year. More specifically, I compare the …

This study examines the minority status of the 3213 individuals who have earned US
accounting PhDs in the last 20 years and considers the relative progress along the …

This paper analyzes the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics,
addressing the following questions: Are there major productivity differences between …

We study 6000 author-publication observations to investigate predictors of early career
success in six fields of economics. Concentrating on top researchers enables us to control …

Abstract Over 50,000 Ph. D. degrees in Science and Engineering (S&E) are awarded
annually by United States (US) universities, but few studies have systematically considered …

We study 6000 author-publication observations to investigate predictors of early career
success in six fields of Economics. Concentrating on top researchers enables us to control …

Can European economics become “the most dynamic and competitive in the world”? Using
readily accessible data, this paper documents the following aspects.(i) Today, the United …