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Labor Market for New Ph.D.s in 2002
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-01)
This paper reports results from a survey of the labor market experience of the 2001-02 class of Ph.D. economists. We estimate that 850 economics Ph.D.s were awarded by U.S. universities in 2001-02, down about 100 from five ...
The Labor Market for New Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Ph.D.s
(Vanderbilt University, 2005)
This paper describes the characteristics and labor market experiences of new agricultural and natural resource (ANR) economics Ph.D.s, based on surveys of graduates in 1996-97 and 2001-02. An average of 185 new Ph.D.s in ...
The Undergraduate Origins of Ph.D. Economists
(Vanderbilt University, 2006)
We document the types of undergraduate colleges and universities attended by those who earned a doctorate in economics from an American university from 1966 through 2003 and examine relationships between type of undergraduate ...
Can You Earn a Ph.D. in Economics in Five Years?
(Vanderbilt University, 2008)
We investigate which of the students who entered economics Ph.D. programs in fall 2002 were more likely to earn a Ph.D. within five years, and which were more likely to have dropped out. Students enrolled in Top-15 ranked ...
Matriculation In Economics Us Ph.D. Programs: How Many Accepted Americans Do Not Enroll?
(Vanderbilt University, 2006)
Using a sample of 26 U.S. economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2003, we estimate that only about 12 percent of the U.S. and Canadian students accepted for doctoral study did not enroll in any U.S. economics Ph.D. program in ...
Where Are They Now? Tracking the Ph.D. Class of 1997
(Vanderbilt University, 2006)
We report early career outcomes of economics Ph.D.s by tracking the U.S. class of 1996-97. We examine employment outcomes, work activities, salaries, and graduates' attitudes toward their jobs. By 2003, all of the respondents ...
Attrition in Economics Ph.D. Programs
(Vanderbilt University, 2006)
Information about 586 individuals who matriculated into 27 economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2002 is used to estimate first and second year attrition rates. After two years, 26.5 percent of the initial cohort had left, ...