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Divisions within Academia: Evidence from Faculty Hiring and Placement

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  • Marko Terviö

    (Aalto University and HECER)

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I look for divisions to clusters among academic departments in three disciplines: economics, mathematics, and comparative literature. I define clusters as subsets of departments with unexpectedly little hiring across the cluster lines. The division within economics is by far the strongest, is consistent with anecdotal evidence about “freshwater” and “saltwater” schools of thought and has been stable over time. There is also a significant division within comparative literature, but the hiring patterns among top mathematics departments are consistent with random matching. © 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Marko Terviö, 2011. "Divisions within Academia: Evidence from Faculty Hiring and Placement," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 93(3), pages 1053-1062, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:93:y:2011:i:3:p:1053-1062
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    1. Javdani, Mohsen & Chang, Ha-Joon, 2019. "Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists," IZA Discussion Papers 12738, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. O’Neill, Donal, 2015. "Divided opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or systematic differences?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 175-178.
    3. Ali Sina Önder & Marko Terviö, 2015. "Is Economics A House Divided? Analysis Of Citation Networks," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 53(3), pages 1491-1505, July.
    4. Mitchell Langbert, 2016. "The Left Orientation of Industrial Relations," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 13(1), pages 1-46–74, January.
    5. Zhu, Yongjun & Yan, Erjia, 2017. "Examining academic ranking and inequality in library and information science through faculty hiring networks," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 641-654.
    6. Sina Önder, Ali & Terviö, Marko, 2013. "Is Economics a House Divided? Analysis of Citation Networks," Working Paper Series 2013:5, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
    7. Mitchell Langbert & Anthony J. Quain & Daniel B. Klein, 2016. "Faculty Voter Registration in Economics, History, Journalism, Law, and Psychology," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 13(3), pages 422–451-4, September.

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