Do undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?

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dc.contributor.authorBecker, W.
dc.contributor.authorGreene, W.
dc.contributor.authorSiegfried, J.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractRegression analysis using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 14 years suggests that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty increases at almost a one-for-one pace as the average number of Ph.D.s grows. Faculty size at Ph.D. granting universities is largely unresponsive to changes in the contemporaneous number of undergraduate economics degrees awarded at those institutions. Similarly, faculty size at colleges where a bachelor’s is the highest degree awarded is responsive to the long and short term average number of economics degrees awarded but not the annual changes in BS and BA degrees awarded in economics.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityWilliam E. Becker, William H. Greene and John J. Siegfried
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Economist, 2011; 56(1):69-77
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/056943451105600109
dc.identifier.issn0569-4345
dc.identifier.issn2328-1235
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/109424
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rightsCopyright Status Unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/056943451105600109
dc.subjectFaculty size; student body; Ph.D. degrees; bachelor degrees
dc.titleDo undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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