Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161045 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10422
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This guide, updated for the 2016-17 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes practical details, and includes links to online resources. Topics addressed include: preparing to go on the market; applying for academic jobs; the JOE Network, which is the AEA's electronic clearinghouse for the job market; signaling; interviewing at the ASSA meetings; campus visits; the secondary market scramble; offers and negotiating; getting off to a good start as an assistant professor; diversity; and dual job searches.
Subjects: 
human capital
immigrants
effective work experience
wage effects
employment effects
regions
JEL: 
J61
J62
J31
J3
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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