SOME FACTORS AFFECTING MOBILITY IN THE LABOR MARKET FOR ACADEMIC ECONOMISTS

This study examines the effects of publication, geographic preferences, and institutional preferences on the mobility of academic economists during the period 1955‐69. Using a sample of 3813 economists who published at least one article during this period, the analysis indicates that publications do...

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Published inEconomic inquiry Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 104 - 132
Main Authors AULT, DAVID E., RUTMAN, GILBERT L., STEVENSON, THOMAS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1982
Western Economic Association
Subjects
Economists
Labor market
Mobility
Rating
Regression analysis
Scale
Teachers
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Summary:This study examines the effects of publication, geographic preferences, and institutional preferences on the mobility of academic economists during the period 1955‐69. Using a sample of 3813 economists who published at least one article during this period, the analysis indicates that publications do promote upward mobility but to a limited extent. The number of publications rather than their quality promotes mobility, but movement occurs primarily within well‐defined geographic regions. The market for academic economists appears to be strongly segmented along geographic lines. Moves within geographic regions tend to be to departments of equal or lesser prestige than the department from which the individual has moved.
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The authors wish to thank H. Tuckman, R. Moore, and the editor for their comments and criticisms of earlier versions and D. Schlott and W. Waymire, who were responsible for transforming the raw data. An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the 1979 meeting of the Eastern Economic Association. Any errors that remain are the sole responsibility of the authors.
ISSN:0095-2583
1465-7295
DOI:10.1111/j.1465-7295.1982.tb01145.x