The Role Faculty Scholarship Plays In Producing Economics Ph.D.S From Liberal Arts Colleges

• Robert J. Lemke ^[1]
  1. [1] Lake Forest College

     Lake Forest College

     Township of Shields, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES, ISSN 1578-4460, Vol. 12, Nº. Extra 3, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue on Economics of Education in collaboration with AEDE), págs. 5-20
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  • This paper investigates how faculty scholarship by economics professors at elite liberal arts colleges in the United States is related to the rate at which college graduates eventually earn a Ph.D. in economics. On the surface it appears that faculty scholarship is strongly and positively correlated with producing Ph.D. students. Using a multi-variable regression model that includes several college characteristics, however, what really drives the production of Ph.D. students is enrolling high ability students.