INBREDS AND NON-INBREDS AMONG RUSSIAN ACADEMICS: SHORT-TERM SIMILARITY AND LONG-TERM DIFFERENCES IN PRODUCTIVITY

Olga Alipova (), Lada Litvinova (), Andrey Lovakov () and Maria Yudkevich
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Olga Alipova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Lada Litvinova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Andrey Lovakov: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: This paper studies the publication productivity of inbreds and non-inbreds among Russian academics. The literature provides ambiguous results on the relationship between inbred status and productivity. This may be explained by the focus on different segments of academia as well as by using different indicators for measuring publication productivity. We exploit data from 3 datasets covering different segments of the academic population and included different indicators of the publication productivity to see whether inbreds and non-inbreds differ in their productivity. We did not find any difference in current publication productivity between s and non-inbreds. We found, however, a difference between inbreds and non-inbreds in whole career publication productivity; non-inbreds are more productive on an individual level. While focusing on Russian data, an analysis of the 3 datasets suggests an explanation for the contradictory existing results on the relationship between academic inbreeding and productivity in general.

Keywords: academic profession; academic inbreeding; academic productivity; publication activity; Russia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2018
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Published in WP BRP Series: Education / EDU, November 2018, pages 1-20

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