@techreport{Siegfried2000want,
abstract = {The elapsed time taken to earn a Ph.D. in economics is analyzed with data from
620 (of about 950) 1996-97 Ph.D.s. The median is 5.3 years. A duration model indicates
that those students at several of the most highly regarded programs, those supported by
no-work fellowships, and those holding a prior masters degree finish faster than others.
Americans, those who start jobs before completing their degree, and those who have
children take longer. Kids slow the progress of women, but not of men. The only
difference among fields is a longer time required for industrial organization and
international economics. There is no difference in time-to-degree between men and
women, married and single students, older and younger students, and those enrolled in
larger or smaller Ph.D. programs. Fellowship support is more important for speeding the
progress of women than that of men.},
author = {John J. Siegfried and Wendy A. Stock},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler; Gehalt; Berufseinstieg; USA},
language = {eng},
number = {53},
title = {So you want to earn a Ph. D. in economics : how long do you think it will take?},
type = {WPEHE discussion paper series / Williams College, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23500},
year = {2000}
}
