The publishing of recent economics Ph.D. recipients

Abstract

We present publication data for recent graduates of 50 economics Ph.D. programs. The data show that publishing output is highly concentrated among graduates of the top programs; the top three programs, for example, generate more than 25% of aggregate publishing output in our sample. We use the data to construct a set of program rankings based on both per capita and aggregate graduate publication and a comparison of faculty performance to graduate performance. The graduater faculty comparison re¨eals that programs may be identical in the output of their faculties but Ž . starkly different in the output of their graduates. JEL A10, A14

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