The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 80 No. 1 1998

Aging and Productivity Among Economists

Sharon M. Oster^1,2; Daniel S. Hamermesh³

¹ Yale University · ² The University of Texas at Austin · ³ University of Texas

Abstract

Economists' productivity over their careers and as measured by publication in leading journals declines very sharply with age. There is no difference by age in the probability that an article submitted to a leading journal will be accepted. Rates of declining productivity are no greater among the very top publishers than among others, and the probability of acceptance is increasingly related to the author's quality rather than the author's age.

DOI

10.1162/003465398557258

Volume

80

Issue

1

Pages

154-156

Language

en

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