Catching up or falling behind? Promising changes and persistent patterns across cohorts of economics PhDs in German-speaking countries from 1991 to 2008
- We investigate economics PhDs minted at German, Austrian, and Swiss universities from 1991 to 2008. We find that cohort sizes increased overall, and the share of PhDs who publish in a peer-reviewed journal within 6 years after graduation increased from 18% in 1991 to 46% in 2008. Publishing rates are heterogeneous across departments. Younger cohorts publish slightly more compared to older cohorts, but these publications are not significantly better in terms of quality. Publication productivity is highly skewed within and between departments. A key difference between PhDs of the German-speaking area and North America lies in their patterns of collaboration.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Schweitzer, Sascha |
|---|---|
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2222-9 |
| ISSN: | 0138-9130 |
| Erschienen in: | Scientometrics |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Volume: | 110 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Page Number: | 35 |
| First Page: | 1297 |
| Last Page: | 1331 |
| DDC classes: | 378 Hochschulbildung |
| Open access?: | Nein |
| Licence (German): |  In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
