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dc.contributor.authorBecker, William E.en
dc.contributor.authorGreene, William H.en
dc.contributor.authorSiegfried, John J.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-07-
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-18T11:18:47Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-18T11:18:47Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/38960-
dc.description.abstractRegression analysis using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 14 years suggests that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty increases at almost a one-for-one pace as the average number of Ph.D.s grows. Faculty size at Ph.D. granting universities is largely unresponsive to changes in the contemporaneous number of undergraduate economics degrees awarded at those institutions. Similarly, faculty size at colleges where a bachelor's is the highest degree awarded is responsive to the long and short term average number of economics degrees awarded but not the annual changes in BS and BA degrees awarded in economics.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3065en
dc.subject.jelA22en
dc.subject.jelA23en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordfaculty sizeen
dc.subject.keywordstudent bodyen
dc.subject.keywordPh.D. degreesen
dc.subject.keywordbachelor degreesen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftshochschuleen
dc.subject.stwBetriebsgrößeen
dc.subject.stwStudierendeen
dc.subject.stwBildungsabschlussen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleDo undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn627433960en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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