Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36005 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4610
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by one's peers and others. The central questions are: 1) Does the quantity of exposures raise reputation independent of their quality? and 2) Assuming that overall quality matters for reputation, does the quality of an individual's most important exposure have an extra effect on reputation? Using evidence for academic economists, we find that, conditional on its impact, the quantity of output has no or even a negative effect on each of a number of proxies for reputation, and very little evidence that a scholar's most influential work provides any extra enhancement of reputation. Quality ranking matters more than absolute quality. Data on mobility and salaries show, on the contrary, substantial positive effects of quantity, independent of quality. We test various explanations for the differences between the determinants of reputation and salary.
Subjects: 
Quality/quantity trade-off
mobility
salary determination
JEL: 
L14
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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