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Faculty Promotion in Academe: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Economics Departments

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  • João Ricardo Faria
  • Paulo R.A. Loureiro
  • Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.
  • Adolfo Sachsida

Abstract

This study develops a vintage model of the tenure and academic promotion process within the American higher education system. In this process, one’s professional academic achievements and the characteristics of one’s university affiliation work to either increase or reduce the probability of being granted tenure and academic promotion. Aspects related to the academic promotion process developed within our vintage economic model are tested using data from 1,240 individual faculty affiliated with 175 different departments of economics in the United States. Probit estimates presented herein indicate that the number of academic publications is an important consideration for academic promotion across all types of university (institutional) settings, and that different academic generations, one holding PhDs minted prior to 2000 and the other holding PhDs minted after 1999, face different academic promotion practices within their particular institutional affiliations.

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  • João Ricardo Faria & Paulo R.A. Loureiro & Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. & Adolfo Sachsida, 2013. "Faculty Promotion in Academe: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Economics Departments," Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Economics and Econometrics Society, vol. 56(1), pages 1-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:eei:journl:v:56:y:2013:i:1:p:1-27
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    1. Xiaoyan Liu & Lele Zhang & Haowen Ma & Haofeng Nan & Ran Liu, 2022. "An Empirical Study of Promotion Pressure among University Teachers in China Using Event History Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Morettini, Lucio & Tani, Massimiliano, 2023. "Gender and Career Progression in Academia: European Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 16206, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. El Ouardighi, Fouad & Kogan, Konstantin & Vranceanu , Radu, 2013. "Publish or Teach ? : Analysis of the Professor's Optimal Career Plan," ESSEC Working Papers WP1307, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School.
    4. Joao Ricardo Faria & Peter McAdam, 2014. "Does Tenure Make Researchers Less Productive? The Case of the “Specialist”," School of Economics Discussion Papers 0514, School of Economics, University of Surrey.
    5. João Ricardo Faria & Steven B. Caudill & Daniel M. Gropper & Franklin G. Mixon, 2022. "Negotiation and bargaining power in the determination of administrative wages in academe," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(7), pages 2935-2940, October.
    6. El Ouardighi, Fouad & Kogan, Konstantin & Vranceanu, Radu, 2013. "Publish or teach? Analysis of the professor's optimal career path," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 37(10), pages 1995-2009.
    7. Timothy Perri, 2018. "Economics of evaluation (with special reference to promotion and tenure committees)," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 1-19, February.
    8. João Ricardo Faria & Franklin G. Mixon, 2021. "The Marginal Impact of a Publication on Citations, and Its Effect on Academic Pay," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(9), pages 8217-8226, September.
    9. Damien Besancenot & João Ricardo Faria & Franklin G. Mixon, 2017. "Academic Research and the Strategic Interaction of Scholars and Editors: A Two-Stage Game," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(01), pages 1-16, March.
    10. Franklin G. Mixon & Kamal P. Upadhyaya, 2024. "When forgiveness beats permission: Exploring the scholarly ethos of clinical faculty in economics," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 83(1), pages 75-91, January.
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    12. Pierre Boutros & Ali Fakih & Sara Kassab & Zeina Lizzaik, 2022. "Does the Number of Publications Matter for Academic Promotion in Higher Education? Evidence from Lebanon," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-23, October.

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    Keywords

    Academic tenure; academic promotions; higher education.;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • C79 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Other

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