Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany
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- Bernd Fitzenberger & Ute Schulze, 2014. "Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 15(2), pages 287-328, May.
- Fitzenberger, Bernd & Leuschner, Ute, 2012. "Up or out: Research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 12-020, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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Keywords
postdocs; academic career prospects; research incentives; university reforms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A29 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Other
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J49 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2012-03-21 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2012-03-21 (Labour Economics)
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