A model of adjuncts in higher education

Michael C. Kimmitt

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 105, issue 1, pages 68-70

Abstract: We examine the phenomenon of the expanded use of non-tenure-track positions ("adjuncts") and construct a supply-side Harris-Todaro model. Low adjunct wages are attributable to a "Hope Rent" from the gap between private opportunities and tenure-track utility.

Keywords: Higher; education; Harris-Todaro; Dynamic; incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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