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Intergenerational field transitions in economics

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  • Albornoz, Facundo
  • Cabrales, Antonio
  • Hauk, Esther
  • Warnes, Pablo E.
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This note documents trends of socialization and intergenerational mobility across research networks (fields) in economics. Using data on advisor–advisee pairs, we find that intergenerational field similarity is more prevalent in larger and successful fields. We then show that researchers who do choose different fields than those of their advisors are more likely to switch to highly demanded fields in the job market. These results are consistent with the equilibrium of a model in which advisors’ have concerns for their advisees’ socialization and production outcomes. We also document a positive relation between field productivity and the median level of co-authorship at the field level, which is consistent with complementaries between socialization and productive efforts.

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  • Albornoz, Facundo & Cabrales, Antonio & Hauk, Esther & Warnes, Pablo E., 2017. "Intergenerational field transitions in economics," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 154(C), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:154:y:2017:i:c:p:1-5
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.02.001
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    Keywords

    Intergenerational field mobility; Economics fields; Advisor–advisee relationships; Field productivity in economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • A19 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Other
    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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