Kategorie-Archive: Discussion Paper

Do Germany’s top universities dominate faculty hiring because of their reputation, or because they simply produce more doctoral graduates? This is the central question we address in our new MAGKS Discussion Paper „Is the dominance of graduates from top-tier universities among tenured faculty driven by prestige or output?“. The study was conducted by Stefan Buechele,„Is the dominance of graduates from top-tieruniversities among tenured faculty driven by prestigeor output? Evidence from 50 years of universityappointments in Germany“ weiterlesen

How do Germany’s new private universities compare to their long-established public counterparts in terms of research performance? This is the central question we examine in our new MAGKS Discussion Paper „New players, different output? A longitudinal analysis of research dynamics at German public and private universities.“ The study was conducted by Stefan Buechele, Matthias Huegel,„New players, different output? A longitudinal analysis of research dynamics at German public and private universities“ weiterlesen

Do female economists face longer delays in publishing their empirical research? This is the central question we address in our new IZA Discussion Paper “The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics” by Stephan B. Bruns, Anthony Doucouliagos, Hristos Doucouliagos, Johannes König, T.D. Stanley and Katarina Zigova. The study uses a unique dataset of over„The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics“ weiterlesen

When economists talk about research quality, they often talk about journals. But how confident can we really be about journal rankings? In our new paper, Confidence Intervals for Recursive Journal Impact Factors (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 22-038), we address a simple but long-overlooked question: How much uncertainty is hidden in the numbers behind journal metrics?„How reliable are journal rankings really? A new look at confidence intervals for impact metrics“ weiterlesen