RIS ID
16669
Abstract
This study investigates why some economics departments in Australian universities are more research productive than others. The hypothesis is simple: research productivity depends upon the human capital of department members and the department-specific conditions under which they work. A Tobit model is used to estimate the magnitude of the two effects. Both are found to be important. Our results help explain why a small number of departments consistently outperform the others in studies that rank Australian economics departments according to research output.
Publication Details
This article was originally published as: Rodgers, JR & Neri, FV, Research productivity of Australian academic economists: human-capital and fixed effects, Australian Economic Papers, 2007, 46(1), 67-87. Australian Economic Papers is published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. Copyright 2007 Blackwell Publishing.