Publish or Teach ? The Role of the Scientific Environment on Academics’ Multitasking

Yann Kossi (), Jean-Yves Lesueur () and Mareva Sabatier
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Yann Kossi: Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69007, France ; CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne,F-69130 Ecully, France
Jean-Yves Lesueur: Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69007, France ; CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne,F-69130 Ecully, France

No 1315, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: The scientific environment might influence university researchers’ job designs. In a principal–agent model, researchers must choose between substitutable tasks, publishing or teaching, according to their individual abilities and the scientific and pedagogical context that exists in their universities. This proposed model shows that scientific production can increase, regardless of researchers’ abilities, if the scientific environment favours agglomeration effects. The authors test these predictions using an original data set of French economics professors that reveals their individual investments in both teaching and publishing. The econometric results confirm that the tasks conflict and that the scientific context affects researchers’ investments in each task.

Keywords: Tournament scientific production; multitasking; scientific environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 D2 D8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Publish or Teach? The Role of the Scientific Environment on Academics' Multitasking (2013)
Working Paper: Publish or Teach? The Role of the Scientific Environment on Academics' Multitasking (2013)
Working Paper: Publish or Teach? The Role of the Scientific Environment on Academics' Multitasking (2013)
Working Paper: Publish or Teach ? The Role of the Scientific Environment on Academics' Multitasking (2013)
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