So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics: How Long Do You Think it Will Take?

John Siegfried and Wendy Stock
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Wendy Stock: Department of Economics, Montana State University

No 37, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers from Vanderbilt University Department of Economics

Abstract: The elapsed time taken to earn a Ph.D. in economics is analyzed with data from 618 1996-97 Ph.D.s. A duration model indicates that students supported by fellowships, and those holding a prior masters degree finish faster. Americans, those who take jobs before completing their degree, and those with children take longer. Kids slow the progress of women, but not men. The only difference among fields is more time required for industrial organization and international economics. There is no difference in time-to-degree between men and women, married and single students, older and younger students, and those enrolled in larger or smaller Ph.D. programs.

Keywords: Elapsed time; time-to-degree; Ph.D. in economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 A23 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-09
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