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Climbing Career Steps: Becoming a Full Professor of Economics [Note 1. We thank participants at a seminar at Koc University, ...]
Author(s) -
Tasiran Ali C.,
Veiderpass Ann,
Sandelin Bo
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9442.00075
Subject(s) - popularity , economics , event (particle physics) , piecewise , constant (computer programming) , positive economics , econometrics , actuarial science , psychology , computer science , mathematics , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , programming language
Event history analysis is used to examine the process of becoming a full professor of economics in Sweden. The data encompass 256 Swedish doctors' dissertations in economics between 1951 and 1989. A piecewise constant exponential model is specified for the transition risk of becoming a full professor. The risk decreases with age at the defense of a doctoral thesis and increases with the current popularity of the chosen topic and with the number of times appointed faculty opponent. There is no indication of individual‐specific unobserved heterogeneity in the preferred model.