American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
How Economists Allocate Time to Teaching and Research
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 654–58)
Abstract
This study investigates three questions: (i) are there differences in teaching and research behavior between economists and other professors; (ii) do economists in the top 100 research departments allocate time differently than faculty in other disciplines at similarly ranked departments; and (iii) do professors respond to changes in incentives in allocating their time? The study uses data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF). The study specifies a regression equation controlling for institutional incentives to compare time allocation to teaching and research for economics professors and faculty members in math, physics, psychology, political science and business.Citation
Allgood, Sam, and William B. Walstad. 2013. "How Economists Allocate Time to Teaching and Research." American Economic Review, 103 (3): 654–58. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.654Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- A11 Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate