Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/119836 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2014/18
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
We investigate the effect of both research and consulting on higher education teaching quality at the individual level. We propose a theor etical model in which academics allocate limited time between three activities, over a two period horizon, under the assumption of positive spillovers from research to both consulting opportunities and teaching, and of life cycle effects on incentives. Propositions from the model are tested against teaching evaluation data from a mid-sized Italian engineering faculty. We find that research experience improves teaching quality, but only if it does not translate into large consulting opportunities. In that case, research experience provides too strong a disincentive to invest time in teaching, and quality deteriorates .
Subjects: 
higher education
teaching
academic consulting
research
economics of science
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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