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Evaluation of researchers : a life cycle analysis of German academic economists

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dc.creator Rauber, Michael
dc.creator Ursprung, Heinrich W.
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:07Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:07Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19137
dc.identifier ppn:510023983
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19137
dc.description In this paper we ague that any meaningful bibliometric evaluation of researchers needs to take into account that research productivity follows distinct life cycles. Using an encompassing data set portraying the research behavior of German academic economists, we first show that research productivity crucially depends on career age and vintage. Based on the identified effects, we develop a simple formula that shows how a researcher?s performance compares to that of his or her peers. This kind of information may serve as an input for performance-related remuneration and track-record based allocation of research grants. We then go on to investigate the persistence of individual productivity. The Persistence issue is of special importance in the academic labor market because of the irrevocable nature of tenure. Finally, we show how life cycle considerations can be used in evaluations of university departments in order to render the resulting rankings insensitive to the age structure of the evaluated faculties.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1673
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject A14
dc.subject A11
dc.subject M51
dc.subject J41
dc.subject J24
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject research productivity
dc.subject performance evaluation
dc.subject life cycles
dc.subject rankings
dc.subject Wirtschaftsforschung
dc.subject Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
dc.subject Erwerbsverlauf
dc.subject Publikationsanalyse
dc.subject Personalbeurteilung
dc.subject Hochschule
dc.subject Bewertung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Evaluation of researchers : a life cycle analysis of German academic economists
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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