The Role of Teaching and Teacher Training in the Hiring and Promotion of Ph.D. Economists |
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| Authors: | Sam Allgood Gail Hoyt KimMarie McGoldrick |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, CoB 525 V, P.O. Box 880489, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA;2. E-mail: sallgood1@unl.edu.;3. Department of Economics, 245S Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;4. Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, 1 Gateway Road, Richmond, VA 23173, USA;5. E-mail;6. kmcgolr@richmond.edu. |
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| Abstract: | Surveys suggest that a majority of graduate students seek academic positions after completing their degree. We survey groups involved in the job market to determine the roles of teaching and research in hiring and the subsequent success of new faculty. We find that while characteristics that signal research potential are highly valued by both graduate directors and department chairs, there are significant discrepancies in the extent that teaching is valued in the hiring process across institution types. Furthermore, although new faculty devote half of their time to teaching, only half of them agree that graduate school prepared them to teach. |
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| Keywords: | JEL Code: A1 J01 |
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